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 <pet...@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <f...@skynet.be>
---
drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
index dee88e5..3c608d4 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
@@ -2109,7 +2109,7 @@ pmu_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
spin_lock_irqsave(&pp->lock, flags);
add_wait_queue(&pp->wait, &wait);
- current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
for (;;) {
ret = -EAGAIN;
@@ -2138,7 +2138,7 @@ pmu_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
schedule();
spin_lock_irqsave(&pp->lock, flags);
}
- current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
remove_wait_queue(&pp->wait, &wait);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pp->lock, flags);
--
2.1.0
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