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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [1/1] connector/CBUS: new messaging subsystem. Revision number next.
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:20:08 -0500
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On 4/26/05, Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru> wrote:
> Yes, I found it too.
> Following patch should be the solution:
> 
> --- orig/drivers/connector/connector.c
> +++ mod/drivers/connector/connector.c
> @@ -146,13 +146,16 @@
>        spin_lock_bh(&dev->cbdev->queue_lock);
>        list_for_each_entry(__cbq, &dev->cbdev->queue_list, callback_entry) {
>                if (cn_cb_equal(&__cbq->cb->id, &msg->id)) {
> -                       __cbq->cb->priv = msg;
> +
> +                       if (!test_bit(0, &work->pending)) {
> +                               __cbq->cb->priv = msg;
> 
> -                       __cbq->ddata = data;
> -                       __cbq->destruct_data = destruct_data;
> +                               __cbq->ddata = data;
> +                               __cbq->destruct_data = destruct_data;
> 

Still not good enough - work->pending bit gets cleared when work has
been scheduled, but before executing payload. You still have the race.

-- 
Dmitry