Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fs: jfs: fix a possible data race in txBegin() | From | Jia-Ju Bai <> | Date | Tue, 5 May 2020 12:10:20 +0800 |
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On 2020/5/5 0:15, Markus Elfring wrote: >> Thus, a data race can occur for tblk->flag. >> >> To fix this data race, the spinlock log->gclock is used in >> txBegin(). >> >> This data race is found by our concurrency fuzzer. > How do you think about a wording variant like the following? > > Change description: > A data race can occur for the data structure member “flag”. > This data race was found by our concurrency fuzzer. > > Thus use the spin lock “gclock” for the resetting of five > data structure members in this function implementation. > > > Would you like to add the tag “Fixes” to the commit message? >
Thanks, Markus. I am not sure how to add the tag "Fixes"... I need to find which previous commit add the code about txBegin()?
Best wishes, Jia-Ju Bai
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