netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] hysdn: fix to a race condition in put_log

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Date:   Mon, 07 Aug 2017 11:25:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     avolkov@...ras.ru
Cc:     isdn@...ux-pingi.de, sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ldv-project@...uxtesting.org, khoroshilov@...ras.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hysdn: fix to a race condition in put_log_buffer

From: Anton Volkov <avolkov@...ras.ru>
Date: Mon,  7 Aug 2017 15:54:14 +0300

> The synchronization type that was used earlier to guard the loop that
> deletes unused log buffers may lead to a situation that prevents any
> thread from going through the loop.
> 
> The patch deletes previously used synchronization mechanism and moves
> the loop under the spin_lock so the similar cases won't be feasible in
> the future.
> 
> Found by by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Volkov <avolkov@...ras.ru>
> ---
> v2: Fixed coding style issues

Applied.