From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shuah Khan Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] test: firmware_class: add asynchronous request trigger Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 13:56:22 -0700 Message-ID: <568ED0F6.5090701@osg.samsung.com> References: <1449701429-121423-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> <1449701429-121423-3-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1449701429-121423-3-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Brian Norris , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Ming Lei Cc: Kees Cook , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Shuah Khan List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On 12/09/2015 03:50 PM, Brian Norris wrote: > We might want to test for bugs like that found in commit f9692b2699bd > ("firmware: fix possible use after free on name on asynchronous > request"), where the asynchronous request API had race conditions. > > Let's add a simple file that will launch the async request, then wait > until it's complete and report the status. It's not a true async test > (we're using a mutex + wait_for_completion(), so we can't get more than > one going at the same time), but it does help make sure the basic API is > sane, and it can catch some class of bugs. > > Signed-off-by: Brian Norris > Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez Thanks for the patch. Applied to linux-kselftest next for 4.5-rc1. thanks, -- Shuah -- Shuah Khan Sr. Linux Kernel Developer Open Source Innovation Group Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley) shuahkh@osg.samsung.com | (970) 217-8978