linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] of: dynamic: Fix race in getting old property when updating property

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Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:53:39 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@...ux.net>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] of: dynamic: Fix race in getting old property when
 updating property

Hi Rob,

Thanks for your patch!

On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 10:41 PM Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> wrote:
> __of_update_property() returns the existing property if there is one, but
> that value is never added to the changeset. Updates work because the
> existing property is also retrieved in of_changeset_action(), but that is

Perhaps s/is also retrieved/was also retrieved before/, as
of_overlay_apply() calls build_changeset() before
__of_changeset_apply_entries()?

> racy as of_changeset_action() doesn't hold any locks. The property could
> be changed before the changeset is applied.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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