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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1 net-next] net/atm/signaling.c: replace current->state by __set_current_state()
Instead of fixing code that never gets compiled/test, you could probably
just remove the #if WAIT_FOR_DAEMON code which would get rid of this
raw assignment.

See the #undef around line 268.

On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:31:07 +0100
Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be> wrote:

> 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@infradead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
> ---
> net/atm/signaling.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/atm/signaling.c b/net/atm/signaling.c
> index 523bce7..0140832 100644
> --- a/net/atm/signaling.c
> +++ b/net/atm/signaling.c
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static void sigd_put_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
> pr_debug("atmsvc: waiting for signaling daemon...\n");
> schedule();
> }
> - current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
> + __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
> remove_wait_queue(&sigd_sleep, &wait);
> #else
> if (!sigd) {



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