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    9P: Fix race between p9_write_work() and p9_fd_request() · 759f4298
    Simon Derr authored
    
    
    Race scenario:
    
    thread A			thread B
    
    p9_write_work()                p9_fd_request()
    
    if (list_empty
      (&m->unsent_req_list))
      ...
    
                                   spin_lock(&client->lock);
                                   req->status = REQ_STATUS_UNSENT;
                                   list_add_tail(..., &m->unsent_req_list);
                                   spin_unlock(&client->lock);
                                   ....
                                   if (n & POLLOUT &&
                                   !test_and_set_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched)
                                   schedule_work(&m->wq);
                                   --> not done because Wworksched is set
    
      clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
      return;
    
    --> nobody will take care of sending the new request.
    
    This is not very likely to happen though, because p9_write_work()
    being called with an empty unsent_req_list is not frequent.
    But this also means that taking the lock earlier will not be costly.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSimon Derr <simon.derr@bull.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
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