Use helper functions to access current->state. Direct assignments are prone to races and therefore buggy. Thanks to Peter Zijlstra for the exact definition of the problem. Suggested-By: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c index 6a1055a..63d2947 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c @@ -1118,8 +1118,7 @@ uart_wait_modem_status(struct uart_state *state, unsigned long arg) cprev = cnow; } - - current->state = TASK_RUNNING; + __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); remove_wait_queue(&port->delta_msr_wait, &wait); return ret; -- 2.1.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
