On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 10:00:03PM +0200, Pavel Herrmann wrote:

spi_sync call uses its spi_message parameter to keep completion information,
having this structure static is not thread-safe, potentially causing one
thread having pointers to memory on or above other threads stack. use mutex
to prevent multiple access

Signed-off-by: Pavel Herrmann <redacted>
Acked-by: Russell King <redacted>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <redacted>
Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Cyril Hrubis <redacted>

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 drivers/hwmon/max1111.c |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

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