On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 06:56:57PM -0400, Jörn Engel wrote: > On Mon, 18 March 2013 17:04:11 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 06:28:53PM -0400, Jörn Engel wrote: > > > It is possible for one thread to to take se_sess->sess_cmd_lock in > > > core_tmr_abort_task() before taking a reference count on > > > se_cmd->cmd_kref, while another thread in target_put_sess_cmd() drops > > > se_cmd->cmd_kref before taking se_sess->sess_cmd_lock. > > > > > > This introduces kref_put_and_lock() and uses it in > > > target_put_sess_cmd() to close the race window. > > > > We already have kref_put_mutex(), why not just call this > > kref_put_spinlock()? > > Back when I originally wrote this patch, kref_put_mutex() didn't exist > yet. So there is my evil predetermined plan to introduce random > inconsistencies by being consistent with atomic_dec_and_lock() > instead.
Don't be evil, leave that up to the professionals :) > If you think this matters I can rename the function and resend. Please do, it is good to name things correctly, when we have the chance. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
