irda: replace current->state by set_current_state()
Use helper functions to access current->state.
Direct assignments are prone to races and therefore buggy.
current->state = TASK_RUNNING can be replaced by __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>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c b/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
index 3c83a1e..1215693 100644
--- a/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
+++ b/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
/* Put ourselves on the wait queue to be woken up */
add_wait_queue(&irnet_events.rwait, &wait);
- current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
for(;;)
{
/* If there is unread events */
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
/* Yield and wait to be woken up */
schedule();
}
- current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
remove_wait_queue(&irnet_events.rwait, &wait);
/* Did we got it ? */