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Subject[PATCH 1/7 linux-next] swim: replace current->state by set_current_state()
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Use helper function to access current->state.
Direct assignments are prone to races and therefore buggy.

Thanks to Peter Zijlstra for the exact definition of the problem.

Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
---
drivers/block/swim.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/swim.c b/drivers/block/swim.c
index b5afd49..e9bb759 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static inline void swim_motor(struct swim __iomem *base,
swim_select(base, RELAX);
if (swim_readbit(base, MOTOR_ON))
break;
- current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
schedule_timeout(1);
}
} else if (action == OFF) {
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static inline void swim_eject(struct swim __iomem *base)
swim_select(base, RELAX);
if (!swim_readbit(base, DISK_IN))
break;
- current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
schedule_timeout(1);
}
swim_select(base, RELAX);
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static inline int swim_step(struct swim __iomem *base)

for (wait = 0; wait < HZ; wait++) {

- current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
schedule_timeout(1);

swim_select(base, RELAX);
--
2.1.0


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