linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] fs: jfs: fix a possible data race in metapage

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Date:   Tue, 5 May 2020 09:27:33 -0500
From:   Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@...cle.com>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>,
        Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>,
        jfs-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:     Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fs: jfs: fix a possible data race in
 metapage_writepage()

On 5/5/20 9:15 AM, Markus Elfring wrote:
>> This data race is found by our concurrency fuzzer.
> 
> * How do you think about to replace the word “is” by “was”?
> 
> * Is this analysis tool publicly available?
> 
> 
> …
>> ---
>>  fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c | 11 +++++++++--
> 
> I suggest to omit the triple dashes before this information.

That's standard. There's no need to the diffstat to persist in the
commit message.

> 
> Regards,
> Markus
>