Use helper functions to access current->state.
Direct assignments are prone to races and therefore buggy.
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/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 6a1055a..63d2947 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -1118,8 +1118,7 @@ uart_wait_modem_status(struct uart_state *state, unsigned
long arg)
cprev = cnow;
}
-
- current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
remove_wait_queue(&port->delta_msr_wait, &wait);
return ret;
--
2.1.0
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