Re: [PATCH 10/22] gpiolib: cdev: fix minor race in GET_LINEINFO_WATCH

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Wed Jun 24 2020 - 10:05:18 EST


wt., 23 cze 2020 o 06:02 Kent Gibson <warthog618@xxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
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> Merge separate usage of test_bit/set_bit into test_and_set_bit to remove
> the possibility of a race between the test and set.
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> Similarly test_bit and clear_bit.
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> In the existing code it is possible for two threads to race past the
> test_bit and then set or clear the watch bit, and neither return EBUSY.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@xxxxxxxxx>
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Reviewed-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>