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/net/usb/hso.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c index 9cdfb3f..778e915 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c @@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ hso_wait_modem_status(struct hso_serial *serial, unsigned long arg) } cprev = cnow; } - current->state = TASK_RUNNING; + __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); remove_wait_queue(&tiocmget->waitq, &wait); return ret; -- 2.1.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html