| Message ID | 1424713105-12845-1-git-send-email-fabf@skynet.be |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
From: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:38:24 +0100 > Use helper functions to access current->state. > Direct assignments are prone to races and therefore buggy. > > current->state = TASK_RUNNING can be replaced by __set_current_state() > > Thanks to Peter Zijlstra for the exact definition of the problem. > > Suggested-By: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> > Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c b/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c index 40695b9..9940a41 100644 --- a/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c +++ b/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c @@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ static void ircomm_tty_wait_until_sent(struct tty_struct *tty, int timeout) break; } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&self->spinlock, flags); - current->state = TASK_RUNNING; + __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); } /* diff --git a/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c b/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c index 3c83a1e..1215693 100644 --- a/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c +++ b/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ irnet_ctrl_read(irnet_socket * ap, /* Put ourselves on the wait queue to be woken up */ add_wait_queue(&irnet_events.rwait, &wait); - current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE; + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); for(;;) { /* If there is unread events */ @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ irnet_ctrl_read(irnet_socket * ap, /* Yield and wait to be woken up */ schedule(); } - current->state = TASK_RUNNING; + __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); remove_wait_queue(&irnet_events.rwait, &wait); /* Did we got it ? */
Use helper functions to access current->state. Direct assignments are prone to races and therefore buggy. current->state = TASK_RUNNING can be replaced by __set_current_state() Thanks to Peter Zijlstra for the exact definition of the problem. Suggested-By: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be> --- net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c | 2 +- net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)