On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 02:24:27PM -0400, Seiji Aguchi wrote:
> - mutex_lock(&psinfo->buf_mutex);
> + switch (reason) {
> + case KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC:
> + /* Skip if there is no driver or there is a driver calling
> + pstore_register() */
> + if (!psinfo || !spin_trylock(&pstore_lock))
> + return;
> + break;
> + default:
> + mutex_lock(&psinfo->buf_mutex);
How is this safe? What happens if there's a pstore access in process
when you hit this codepath?
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