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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:25:52 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arcmsr: Fix a potential data corruption issue
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To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
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On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 07:18:10AM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Resetting rqbuffer or wqbuffer must be done within a critial section
> in order to avoir potential data corruption.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
> ---

I don't know the code well enough to say if it's necessary, but it seems
reasonable to me.

regards,
dan carpenter