netdev - Re: [RFC] rfkill - Add support for input key to control wireless radio

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Date:	Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:20:18 +0100
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...ightbb.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, John Linville <linville@...driver.com>,
	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...e.cz>,
	Lennart Poettering <lennart@...ttering.net>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC] rfkill - Add support for input key to control wireless
	radio

On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 19:36 +0100, Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> +static int rfkill_open(struct input_dev *dev)
> +{
> +       ((struct rfkill_key*)(dev->private))->open_count++;
> +       return 0;
> +} 

Hi,

this open_count thing smells fishy to me; what are the locking rules for
it? What guarantees that the readers of it don't get the value changed
underneath them between looking at the value and doing whatever action
depends on it's value ?

Greetings,
   Arjan van de Ven

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