From: Peter Hurley Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 06:09:06 +0000 (+0000) Subject: net/irda: Use barrier to set task state X-Git-Tag: v3.9-rc3~36^2~44 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0b176ce3a7cbfa92eceddf3896f1a504877d974a;p=profile%2Fcommon%2Fkernel-common.git net/irda: Use barrier to set task state Without a memory and compiler barrier, the task state change can migrate relative to the condition testing in a blocking loop. However, the task state change must be visible across all cpus prior to testing those conditions. Failing to do this can result in the familiar 'lost wakeup' and this task will hang until killed. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c b/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c index d282bbe..522543d 100644 --- a/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c +++ b/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static int ircomm_tty_block_til_ready(struct ircomm_tty_cb *self, if (tty->termios.c_cflag & CBAUD) tty_port_raise_dtr_rts(port); - current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE; + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); if (tty_hung_up_p(filp) || !test_bit(ASYNCB_INITIALIZED, &port->flags)) {