linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] usb: gadget: function: fix missing spinlock in f_uac1

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Date:   Mon, 6 Jul 2020 12:31:30 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     qiang.zhang@...driver.com
Cc:     balbi@...nel.org, colin.king@...onical.com,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usb: gadget: function: fix missing spinlock in
 f_uac1_legacy

On Sun, Jul 05, 2020 at 02:16:16PM +0800, qiang.zhang@...driver.com wrote:
> From: Zhang Qiang <qiang.zhang@...driver.com>
> 
> Add a missing spinlock protection to the add operation of the "audio->play_queue"
> in "f_audio_out_ep_complete" function.

That says _what_ you did, but not _why_ you did that.  Why is a lock
needed here?  What does this protect?

What kernel commit does this "fix"?  Put that in the "Fixes:" line, and
probably you need a "cc: stable" in that area too, right?

thanks,

greg k-h