linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] ASoC: sh: rz-ssi: Add functions to get/set substream pointer

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:10:07 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] ASoC: sh: rz-ssi: Add functions to get/set substream
 pointer

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 09:47:11AM +0000, Lad Prabhakar wrote:

> +static struct snd_pcm_substream *rz_ssi_get_substream(struct rz_ssi_stream *strm)
> +{
> +	struct rz_ssi_priv *ssi = strm->priv;
> +	struct snd_pcm_substream *substream;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&ssi->lock, flags);
> +	substream = strm->substream;
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ssi->lock, flags);

This locking doesn't seem useful, we just take a copy of the lock and
then immediately return so the lock isn't protecting anything in
particular - the caller can happily continue using the substream after
the variable has been updated.

Download attachment "signature.asc" of type "application/pgp-signature" (489 bytes)