Re: [PATCH 03/11] macintosh/via-pmu: Don't clear shift register interrupt flag twice

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Jun 04 2018 - 07:49:05 EST


On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 5:27 AM, Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Clearing the interrupt flag twice in succession creates a theoretical
> race condition. Fix this.

I would add that the caller of pmu_sr_intr() has already cleared the flag,
so the casual reviewer doesn't have to hunt for it.

> Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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