Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] ARM: amba: Fix race condition with driver_override

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Greg,

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 6:06 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 03:21:44PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> The driver_override implementation is susceptible to a race condition
>> when different threads are reading vs storing a different driver
>> override.  Add locking to avoid this race condition.
>>
>> Cfr. commits 6265539776a0810b ("driver core: platform: fix race
>> condition with driver_override") and 9561475db680f714 ("PCI: Fix race
>> condition with driver_override").
>>
>> Fixes: 3cf385713460eb2b ("ARM: 8256/1: driver coamba: add device binding path 'driver_override'")
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> As this should go to stable kernels, I've fixed it up to apply without
> patch 1 as that's not a real "fix" that anyone needs...
>
> Please try to remember to put fixes first, and then "trivial" things
> later on in a series.

I did it on purpose, as the fix is much more ugly without patch 1 applied.
Can't you just take patch 1, too? More consistency is always nice, even for
stable ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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