Re: [PATCH v2] hysdn: fix to a race condition in put_log_buffer

2017-08-07 Thread David Miller
From: Anton Volkov Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 15:54:14 +0300 > The synchronization type that was used earlier to guard the loop that > deletes unused log buffers may lead to a situation that prevents any > thread from going through the loop. > > The patch deletes previously used synchronization mech

[PATCH v2] hysdn: fix to a race condition in put_log_buffer

2017-08-07 Thread Anton Volkov
The synchronization type that was used earlier to guard the loop that deletes unused log buffers may lead to a situation that prevents any thread from going through the loop. The patch deletes previously used synchronization mechanism and moves the loop under the spin_lock so the similar cases won