tree 57968c56307e7ea636a7558b15edb669dfb14399
parent 584a8c13d58423462680907d4cc40d9929c9030a
author Simon Derr <simon.derr@bull.net> 1347887791 +0200
committer Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com> 1349975011 -0500

9P: Fix race between p9_write_work() and p9_fd_request()

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: Simon Derr <simon.derr@bull.net>
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>