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Message-Id: <1261179828.3060.15.camel@palomino.walls.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:43:48 -0500
From: Andy Walls <awalls@...ix.net>
To: Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] media video cx23888 driver: fix possible races using
new kfifo_API kfifo_reset()
On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 23:21 +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote:
> Fix the cx23888 driver to use the new kfifo API. Using kfifo_reset() may
> result in a possible race conditions. This patch fix it by using
> spinlock around the kfifo_reset() function.
>
> The patch-set is against mm tree from 11-Dec-2009
>
> Greetings,
> Stefani
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
For both this patch together with your previous patch:
Reviewed-by: Andy Walls <awalls@...ix.net>
Acked-by: Andy Walls <awalls@...ix.net>
Thanks Stefani.
Regards,
Andy
> ---
> cx23888-ir.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> --- mmotm.orig/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c 2009-12-18 22:57:13.588337402 +0100
> +++ mmotm/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c 2009-12-18 23:15:14.651365720 +0100
> @@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ static int cx23888_ir_irq_handler(struct
> {
> struct cx23888_ir_state *state = to_state(sd);
> struct cx23885_dev *dev = state->dev;
> + unsigned long flags;
>
> u32 cntrl = cx23888_ir_read4(dev, CX23888_IR_CNTRL_REG);
> u32 irqen = cx23888_ir_read4(dev, CX23888_IR_IRQEN_REG);
> @@ -629,8 +630,11 @@ static int cx23888_ir_irq_handler(struct
> cx23888_ir_write4(dev, CX23888_IR_CNTRL_REG, cntrl);
> *handled = true;
> }
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&state->rx_kfifo_lock, flags);
> if (kfifo_len(&state->rx_kfifo) >= CX23888_IR_RX_KFIFO_SIZE / 2)
> events |= V4L2_SUBDEV_IR_RX_FIFO_SERVICE_REQ;
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&state->rx_kfifo_lock, flags);
>
> if (events)
> v4l2_subdev_notify(sd, V4L2_SUBDEV_IR_RX_NOTIFY, &events);
> @@ -783,7 +787,12 @@ static int cx23888_ir_rx_s_parameters(st
> o->interrupt_enable = p->interrupt_enable;
> o->enable = p->enable;
> if (p->enable) {
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&state->rx_kfifo_lock, flags);
> kfifo_reset(&state->rx_kfifo);
> + /* reset tx_fifo too if there is one... */
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&state->rx_kfifo_lock, flags);
> if (p->interrupt_enable)
> irqenable_rx(dev, IRQEN_RSE | IRQEN_RTE | IRQEN_ROE);
> control_rx_enable(dev, p->enable);
>
>
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