netdev - Re: [PATCH] slip: fix spinlock variant

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Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2014 23:35:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	socketcan@...tkopp.net
Cc:	nautsch2@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-can@...r.kernel.org, alexander.stein@...tec-electronic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slip: fix spinlock variant

From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 21:18:32 +0200

> With commit cc9fa74e2a ("slip/slcan: added locking in wakeup function") a
> formerly missing locking was added to slip.c and slcan.c by Andre Naujoks.
> 
> Alexander Stein contributed the fix 367525c8c2 ("can: slcan: Fix spinlock
> variant") as the kernel lock debugging advised to use spin_lock_bh() instead
> of just using spin_lock().
> 
> This fix has to be applied to the same code section in slip.c for the same
> reason too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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