powerpc/pmac: replace current->state by set_current_state()
authorFabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:12:53 +0000 (19:12 +0100)
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:53:28 +0000 (16:53 +1100)
Use helper functions to access current->state.
Direct assignments are prone to races and therefore buggy.

current->state = TASK_RUNNING can be replaced by __set_current_state()

Thanks to Peter Zijlstra for the exact definition of the problem.

Suggested-By: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c

index aed3cb0..f9512bf 100644 (file)
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ pmu_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&pp->lock, flags);
        add_wait_queue(&pp->wait, &wait);
-       current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+       set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
        for (;;) {
                ret = -EAGAIN;
@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ pmu_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
                schedule();
                spin_lock_irqsave(&pp->lock, flags);
        }
-       current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+       __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
        remove_wait_queue(&pp->wait, &wait);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pp->lock, flags);