Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] virtio_console: Fix locking of vtermno.

[Amit Shah]

On (Fri) 11 Nov 2011 [14:57:20], Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:44:58 -0800, Miche Baker-Harvey <miche@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Some modifications of vtermno were not done under the spinlock.
> > 
> > Moved assignment from vtermno and increment of vtermno together,
> > putting both under the spinlock.  Revert vtermno on failure.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Miche Baker-Harvey <miche@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Does it matter?  It's normal not to lock in a function called
> "init_XXX", since it's not exposed yet.
> 
> Or is it?

Slight misnomer, I suppose.

We do this init_console_port() as part of add_port() if the port is a
console port.  Should it be named 'mark_console_port()'?  Dunno,
doesn't sound like the right name.  init fits closest.

		Amit
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