Re: [PATCH] fs: jfs: fix a possible data race in txBegin()

[Jia-Ju Bai]

On 2020/5/5 0:15, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > Thus, a data race can occur for tblk->flag.
> >
> > To fix this data race, the spinlock log->gclock is used in
> > txBegin().
> >
> > This data race is found by our concurrency fuzzer.
> How do you think about a wording variant like the following?
>
>     Change description:
>     A data race can occur for the data structure member âflagâ.
>     This data race was found by our concurrency fuzzer.
>
>     Thus use the spin lock âgclockâ for the resetting of five
>     data structure members in this function implementation.
>
>
> Would you like to add the tag âFixesâ to the commit message?

Thanks, Markus.
I am not sure how to add the tag "Fixes"...
I need to find which previous commit add the code about txBegin()?


Best wishes,
Jia-Ju Bai