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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] usbnet: Fix a race between usbnet_stop() and the BH
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Eugene Shatokhin <eugene.shatokhin@rosalab.ru> writes:
> 28.08.2015 11:55, Bjørn Mork пишет:
>
>> I guess you are right. At least I cannot prove that you are not :)
>>
>> There is a bit too much complexity involved here for me...
>
> :-)
>
> Yes, it is quite complex.
>
> I admit, it was easier for me to find the races in usbnet (the tools
> like KernelStrider and RaceHound do the dirty work) than to analyze
> their consequences. The latter often requires some time and effort,
> and so it did this time.
>
> Well, any objections to this patch?

No objections from me.

But I would have liked it much better if the code became simpler instead
of more complex.


Bjørn


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