All operations with synth buffer should be protected, as there are global pointers, which should be modified atomically. Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org) Signed-off-by: Pavel Andrianov <andrianov@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c index 528cbdc..7fedee3 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c @@ -411,11 +411,13 @@ static ssize_t synth_direct_store(struct kobject *kobj, int len; int bytes; const char *ptr = buf; + unsigned long flags; if (!synth) return -EPERM; len = strlen(buf); + spin_lock_irqsave(&speakup_info.spinlock, flags); while (len > 0) { bytes = min_t(size_t, len, 250); strncpy(tmp, ptr, bytes); @@ -425,6 +427,7 @@ static ssize_t synth_direct_store(struct kobject *kobj, ptr += bytes; len -= bytes; } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&speakup_info.spinlock, flags); return count; } -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel