[PATCH 7/8] usb_pcwd: WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT: prevent preemption

[Oliver Neukum]

Delays between altering the watchdog
and giving the keepalive need to be controlled.
Do not allow preemption.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
index 50ba88019ed6..09cae7a6ad07 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
@@ -459,10 +459,14 @@ static long usb_pcwd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		if (get_user(new_heartbeat, p))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		if (usb_pcwd_set_heartbeat(usb_pcwd_device, new_heartbeat))
+		preempt_disable(); /* we are on a clock now */
+		if (usb_pcwd_set_heartbeat(usb_pcwd_device, new_heartbeat)) {
+			preempt_enable();
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 
 		usb_pcwd_keepalive(usb_pcwd_device);
+		preempt_enable();
 	}
 		fallthrough;
 
-- 
2.40.0