Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> In the case the user-space daemon crashes, hangs or is killed, we
> need to down the semaphore, otherwise, after the daemon starts next
> time, the obsolete data in fcopy_transaction.message or
> fcopy_transaction.fcopy_msg will be used immediately.
>
> Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c b/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c
> index 23b2ce2..177122a 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c
> @@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ static void fcopy_work_func(struct work_struct *dummy)
> * process the pending transaction.
> */
> fcopy_respond_to_host(HV_E_FAIL);
> +
> + /* In the case the user-space daemon crashes, hangs or is killed, we
> + * need to down the semaphore, otherwise, after the daemon starts next
> + * time, the obsolete data in fcopy_transaction.message or
> + * fcopy_transaction.fcopy_msg will be used immediately.
> + */
> + if (down_trylock(&fcopy_transaction.read_sema))
> + pr_debug("FCP: failed to acquire the semaphore\n");
> +
> }
>
> static int fcopy_handle_handshake(u32 version)
--
Vitaly
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