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author | Simon Derr <simon.derr@bull.net> | 2012-09-17 13:16:31 (GMT) |
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committer | Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com> | 2012-10-11 17:03:31 (GMT) |
commit | 759f42987f98915764bad922ee123acb0eadbe33 (patch) | |
tree | 57968c56307e7ea636a7558b15edb669dfb14399 /lib/kasprintf.c | |
parent | 584a8c13d58423462680907d4cc40d9929c9030a (diff) | |
download | linux-759f42987f98915764bad922ee123acb0eadbe33.tar.xz |
9P: Fix race between p9_write_work() and p9_fd_request()
Race scenario:
thread A thread B
p9_write_work() p9_fd_request()
if (list_empty
(&m->unsent_req_list))
...
spin_lock(&client->lock);
req->status = REQ_STATUS_UNSENT;
list_add_tail(..., &m->unsent_req_list);
spin_unlock(&client->lock);
....
if (n & POLLOUT &&
!test_and_set_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched)
schedule_work(&m->wq);
--> not done because Wworksched is set
clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
return;
--> nobody will take care of sending the new request.
This is not very likely to happen though, because p9_write_work()
being called with an empty unsent_req_list is not frequent.
But this also means that taking the lock earlier will not be costly.
Signed-off-by: Simon Derr <simon.derr@bull.net>
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
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