Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] test: firmware_class: add asynchronous request trigger

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Thu Jan 07 2016 - 15:56:28 EST


On 12/09/2015 03:50 PM, Brian Norris wrote:
> We might want to test for bugs like that found in commit f9692b2699bd
> ("firmware: fix possible use after free on name on asynchronous
> request"), where the asynchronous request API had race conditions.
>
> Let's add a simple file that will launch the async request, then wait
> until it's complete and report the status. It's not a true async test
> (we're using a mutex + wait_for_completion(), so we can't get more than
> one going at the same time), but it does help make sure the basic API is
> sane, and it can catch some class of bugs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>


Thanks for the patch. Applied to linux-kselftest next for 4.5-rc1.

thanks,
-- Shuah
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