The variable btv->loop_irq is often protected by the lock btv->s_lock when is accessed. Here is an example in bttv_irq_timeout(): spin_lock_irqsave(&btv->s_lock,flags); ... btv->loop_irq = 0; ... spin_unlock_irqrestore(&btv->s_lock,flags); However, it is accessed without holding the lock btv->s_lock in buffer_queue(): btv->loop_irq |= 1; And thus a data race can occur. To fix this possible data race, a lock and unlock pair is added when accessing the variable btv->loop_irq in buffer_queue(). Reported-by: BassCheck <bass@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c index 734f02b91aa3..241c51951627 100644 --- a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c +++ b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c @@ -1617,13 +1617,16 @@ buffer_queue(struct videobuf_queue *q, struct videobuf_buffer *vb) struct bttv_buffer *buf = container_of(vb,struct bttv_buffer,vb); struct bttv_fh *fh = q->priv_data; struct bttv *btv = fh->btv; + unsigned long flags; + spin_lock_irqsave(&btv->s_lock,flags); buf->vb.state = VIDEOBUF_QUEUED; list_add_tail(&buf->vb.queue,&btv->capture); if (!btv->curr.frame_irq) { btv->loop_irq |= 1; bttv_set_dma(btv, 0x03); } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&btv->s_lock,flags); } static void buffer_release(struct videobuf_queue *q, struct videobuf_buffer *vb) -- 2.34.1