linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: dma: pch_dma.c: Avoid data race between probe and irq handler

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Date:   Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:49:35 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com
Cc:     dan.j.williams@...el.com, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andrianov@...ras.ru,
        ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: dma: pch_dma.c: Avoid data race between probe
 and irq handler

On 16-04-20, 11:53, madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com wrote:
> From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com>
> 
> pd->dma.dev is read in irq handler pd_irq().
> However, it is set to pdev->dev after request_irq().
> Therefore, set pd->dma.dev to pdev->dev before request_irq() to
> avoid data race between pch_dma_probe() and pd_irq().

Please use the right subsystem tag for patch. You can find that using
git log on the respective subsystem, in this case it would have told you
that it is dmaengine.

I have fixed that up and applied it, thanks for the patch

-- 
~Vinod