linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arcmsr: Fix a potential data corruption issue

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Message-ID: <20150710092552.GV4341@mwanda>
Date:	Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:25:52 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:	JBottomley@...n.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arcmsr: Fix a potential data corruption issue

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 07:18:10AM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Resetting rqbuffer or wqbuffer must be done within a critial section
> in order to avoir potential data corruption.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---

I don't know the code well enough to say if it's necessary, but it seems
reasonable to me.

regards,
dan carpenter

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