linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] IO CPU affinity testing series

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Message-ID: <20080312175443.GV17940@kernel.dk>
Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:54:45 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	"Alan D. Brunelle" <Alan.Brunelle@...com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, npiggin@...e.de, dgc@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] IO CPU affinity testing series

On Wed, Mar 12 2008, Alan D. Brunelle wrote:
> 
> Subject: [PATCH] Fixed race: using potentially invalid pointer
> 
> When data->flags & CSD_FLAG_ALLOC is true, the data could be freed by the other processor before we check for CSD_FLAG_WAIT.

Oops, that was pretty dumb. Thanks!

> Also: removed old comment, doesn't quite fit anymore.
> 
> This is applied against Jens' git tree w/ the ia64 additional commit.

Thanks, I'll split this into 3 parts and apply them.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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