linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] wait: using uninitialized member of wait queue

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Date:	Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:39:49 +0200
From:	Michał Nazarewicz <m.nazarewicz@...sung.com>
To:	Evgeny Kuznetsov <EXT-Eugeny.Kuznetsov@...ia.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, gregkh@...e.de, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	xiaosuo@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] wait: using uninitialized member of wait queue

> On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 12:41 +0200, ext Michał Nazarewicz wrote:
>> (Interestingly, init_wait() is used only in 3 places in the kernel and
>> none uses flags.)

On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:00:38 +0200, Evgeny Kuznetsov <EXT-Eugeny.Kuznetsov@...ia.com> wrote:
> 'wait_queue_t' is passed to prepare_to_wait() function where 'flags' is
> used, e.g:
> File: /mm/mempool.c
> void * mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> {       .....
>          .....
> 	init_wait(&wait);
> 	prepare_to_wait(&pool->wait, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> 	.....
> }

I meant that none of the callers initialized flags.  I was initially concerned
whether some caller that used init_wait() could set flags and expect that they
won't be changed by the call to init_wait() -- this turned out not to be the
case.

So essentially, I'm supporting your point.  Sorry about the confusion.

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