Use helper functions to access current->state.
Direct assignments are prone to races and therefore buggy.
current->state = TASK_RUNNING is replaced by __set_current_state()
Thanks to Peter Zijlstra for the exact definition of the problem.
Suggested-By: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <f...@skynet.be>
---
drivers/net/wan/cosa.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
index 83c39e2..88d121d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
@@ -806,21 +806,21 @@ static ssize_t cosa_read(struct file *file,
spin_lock_irqsave(&cosa->lock, flags);
add_wait_queue(&chan->rxwaitq, &wait);
while (!chan->rx_status) {
- current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cosa->lock, flags);
schedule();
spin_lock_irqsave(&cosa->lock, flags);
if (signal_pending(current) && chan->rx_status == 0) {
chan->rx_status = 1;
remove_wait_queue(&chan->rxwaitq, &wait);
- current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cosa->lock, flags);
mutex_unlock(&chan->rlock);
return -ERESTARTSYS;
}
}
remove_wait_queue(&chan->rxwaitq, &wait);
- current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
kbuf = chan->rxdata;
count = chan->rxsize;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cosa->lock, flags);
@@ -890,14 +890,14 @@ static ssize_t cosa_write(struct file *file,
spin_lock_irqsave(&cosa->lock, flags);
add_wait_queue(&chan->txwaitq, &wait);
while (!chan->tx_status) {
- current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cosa->lock, flags);
schedule();
spin_lock_irqsave(&cosa->lock, flags);
if (signal_pending(current) && chan->tx_status == 0) {
chan->tx_status = 1;
remove_wait_queue(&chan->txwaitq, &wait);
- current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
chan->tx_status = 1;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cosa->lock, flags);
up(&chan->wsem);
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static ssize_t cosa_write(struct file *file,
}
}
remove_wait_queue(&chan->txwaitq, &wait);
- current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
up(&chan->wsem);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cosa->lock, flags);
kfree(kbuf);
--
2.1.0
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