Re: [PATCH] of: fix race when matching drivers

[Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com>]

On Wed, 18 May 2011 about 10:21:39 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 05:45:17PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:27:39AM -0500, Milton Miller wrote:
> > > --- work.git.orig/include/linux/of_device.h	2011-05-18 09:57:01.014386816 -0500
> > > +++ work.git/include/linux/of_device.h	2011-05-18 09:58:27.537431575 -0500
> > > @@ -21,8 +21,15 @@ extern void of_device_make_bus_id(struct
> > >  static inline int of_driver_match_device(struct device *dev,
> > >  					 const struct device_driver *drv)
> > >  {
> > > -	dev->of_match = of_match_device(drv->of_match_table, dev);
> > > -	return dev->of_match != NULL;
> > > +	const struct of_device_id *match;
> > > +
> > > +	match = of_match_device(drv->of_match_table, dev);
> > > +	if (match) {
> > > +		dev->of_match = of_match_device(drv->of_match_table, dev);
> > > +		return 1;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	return 0;
> > >  }
> > 
> > Err, is there some reason to avoid simply assigning the existing result:
> > dev->of_match = match; ?
> 
> Good point.  I've committed and am currently testing the modified version.
> 
> g.

Sorry about that.  I had intended to do that (hence creating the
variable), but obvioiusly I forgot when I hurried to compile test
and send out the patch.

thanks to Josip for finding and Grant for fixing.

milton