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Message-Id: <20150222.152500.1079314983789857968.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:25:00 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fabf@...net.be
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	peterz@...radead.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	j.dumon@...ion.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7 linux-next] hso: replace current->state by
 __set_current_state()

From: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:12:55 +0100

> Use helper functions to access current->state.
> Direct assignments are prone to races and therefore buggy.
> 
> Thanks to Peter Zijlstra for the exact definition of the problem.
> 
> Suggested-By: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>

Applied.
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