[PATCH 2/2] WorkStruct: Use bitops-safe direct assignment

[David Howells]

Replace the direct assignment in set_wq_data() with a bitops-proofed wrapper
(assign_bits()).  This defends against the test_and_set_bit() used to mark a
work item active.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

 kernel/workqueue.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index db49886..f5e9540 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static inline void set_wq_data(struct wo
 
 	new = (unsigned long) wq | (1UL << WORK_STRUCT_PENDING);
 	new |= work->management & WORK_STRUCT_FLAG_MASK;
-	work->management = new;
+	assign_bits(new, &work->management);
 }
 
 static inline void *get_wq_data(struct work_struct *work)
-
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