Re: [PATCH 2/2] talitos: Freescale integrated security engine (SEC) driver

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On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 09:27:01AM -0500, Kim Phillips (kim.phillips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > I meant descriptor hdr value accessed via it - can it be checked in
> > tasklet under the lock and in submit path without? Can they correlate
> > somehow?
> 
> I believe the check for a non-null request->desc (under lock) before
> the hdr value is accessed ensures this doesn't happen.

But can it be changed? You write to it without lock, but read under the
one (different for each channel though), so it attracted attention.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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