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SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/7 linux-next] wan: cosa: replace current->state by set_current_state()
Hello.

On 02/20/2015 09:12 PM, Fabian Frederick wrote:

> Use helper functions to access current->state.
> Direct assignments are prone to races and therefore buggy.

> current->state = TASK_RUNNING is replaced by __set_current_state()

You sometimes use __set_current_state() and sometimes set_current_state().

> 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>

[...]

WBR, Sergei



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