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From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
To: Andy Walls <awalls@radix.net>
Cc: Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] media video cx23888 driver: fix possible races using new kfifo_API kfifo_reset()
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:15:18 -0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B2CA7B6.1000405@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1261179828.3060.15.camel@palomino.walls.org>

Em 18-12-2009 21:43, Andy Walls escreveu:
> On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 23:21 +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote:
>> Fix the cx23888 driver to use the new kfifo API. Using kfifo_reset() may
>> result in a possible race conditions. This patch fix it by using
>> spinlock around the kfifo_reset() function.
>>
>> The patch-set is against mm tree from 11-Dec-2009
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Stefani
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>
> 
> For both this patch together with your previous patch:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andy Walls <awalls@radix.net>
> Acked-by: Andy Walls <awalls@radix.net>
Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
> 
> Thanks Stefani.
> 
> Regards,
> Andy
> 
>> ---
>>  cx23888-ir.c |    9 +++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>
>> --- mmotm.orig/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c	2009-12-18 22:57:13.588337402 +0100
>> +++ mmotm/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c	2009-12-18 23:15:14.651365720 +0100
>> @@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ static int cx23888_ir_irq_handler(struct
>>  {
>>  	struct cx23888_ir_state *state = to_state(sd);
>>  	struct cx23885_dev *dev = state->dev;
>> +	unsigned long flags;
>>  
>>  	u32 cntrl = cx23888_ir_read4(dev, CX23888_IR_CNTRL_REG);
>>  	u32 irqen = cx23888_ir_read4(dev, CX23888_IR_IRQEN_REG);
>> @@ -629,8 +630,11 @@ static int cx23888_ir_irq_handler(struct
>>  		cx23888_ir_write4(dev, CX23888_IR_CNTRL_REG, cntrl);
>>  		*handled = true;
>>  	}
>> +
>> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&state->rx_kfifo_lock, flags);
>>  	if (kfifo_len(&state->rx_kfifo) >= CX23888_IR_RX_KFIFO_SIZE / 2)
>>  		events |= V4L2_SUBDEV_IR_RX_FIFO_SERVICE_REQ;
>> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&state->rx_kfifo_lock, flags);
>>  
>>  	if (events)
>>  		v4l2_subdev_notify(sd, V4L2_SUBDEV_IR_RX_NOTIFY, &events);
>> @@ -783,7 +787,12 @@ static int cx23888_ir_rx_s_parameters(st
>>  	o->interrupt_enable = p->interrupt_enable;
>>  	o->enable = p->enable;
>>  	if (p->enable) {
>> +		unsigned long flags;
>> +
>> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&state->rx_kfifo_lock, flags);
>>  		kfifo_reset(&state->rx_kfifo);
>> +		/* reset tx_fifo too if there is one... */
>> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&state->rx_kfifo_lock, flags);
>>  		if (p->interrupt_enable)
>>  			irqenable_rx(dev, IRQEN_RSE | IRQEN_RTE | IRQEN_ROE);
>>  		control_rx_enable(dev, p->enable);
>>
>>
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      reply	other threads:[~2009-12-19 10:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-18 22:21 [patch] media video cx23888 driver: fix possible races using new kfifo_API kfifo_reset() Stefani Seibold
2009-12-18 23:43 ` Andy Walls
2009-12-19 10:15   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]

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