- /* mark command as no longer active */
- clear_bit(WAVEFORM_AI_RUNNING, &devpriv->state_bits);
- smp_mb__after_atomic();
- /* cannot call del_timer_sync() as may be called from timer routine */
- del_timer(&devpriv->ai_timer);
+ if (in_softirq()) {
+ /* Assume we were called from the timer routine itself. */
+ del_timer(&devpriv->ai_timer);
+ } else {
+ del_timer_sync(&devpriv->ai_timer);
+ }