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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] hysdn: fix to a race condition in put_log_buffer
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    From: Anton Volkov <avolkov@ispras.ru>
    Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:53:51 +0300

    > The synchronization type that was used earlier to guard the loop that
    > deletes unused log buffers may have lead to a situation that prevents
    > any thread from going through the loop.
    >
    > The patch deletes previously used synchronization mechanism and moves
    > the loop under the spin_lock so the similar cases won't be feasible in
    > the future.
    >
    > Found by by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Anton Volkov <avolkov@ispras.ru>

    This patch doesn't apply at all.

    It's probably been corrupted by your email client.

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