Messages in this thread | | | From | Sasha Levin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 20/57] media: sta2x11: Add video_device and vb2_queue locks | Date | Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:52:18 +0000 |
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 08:50:27AM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote: >Hi Sasha, > >On Mon, 2018-09-17 at 03:03 +0000, Sasha Levin wrote: >> From: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@collabora.com> >> >> [ Upstream commit cd63c0288fd760ce7de247fba618e2bbcfc0c35c ] >> >> Currently, this driver does not serialize its video4linux >> ioctls, which is a bug, as race conditions might appear. >> >> In addition, video_device and vb2_queue locks are now both >> mandatory. Add them, and implement wait_prepare and >> wait_finish. >> >> To stay on the safe side, this commit uses a single mutex >> for both locks. Better latency can be obtained by separating >> these if needed. >> >> Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@collabora.com> >> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com> >> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> >> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@microsoft.com> > >Hm, I am not so sure this patch should go to -stable, >as it's not fixing a real bug we've seen out there.
You don't really need to wait for a report of this happening if you're certain that this can happen in the "real world". Having a report is not a prerequisite of inclusion in stable.
However, if you prefer not to, I can just remove it.
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