On Sun, Sep 20, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 05:37:53PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > @@ -122,8 +125,8 @@ static void kvp_timeout_func(struct work_struct *dummy)
> > + if (kvp_get_state() > HVUTIL_READY) > > + kvp_set_state(HVUTIL_READY); > And what if the state changed the line after this? Oops, your code is > hosed. See, you need a lock, do this correctly. KY, can this happen? Olaf -- 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/