Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755475AbXLLEyV (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:54:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752322AbXLLEyM (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:54:12 -0500 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:55609 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752282AbXLLEyL (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:54:11 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:53:12 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Daniel Walker Cc: matthias.kaehlcke@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, video4linux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] media: video: usbvision: add mutex_unlock() to error paths Message-Id: <20071211205312.923551ef.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20071212015650.481405953@mvista.com> References: <20071212015650.481405953@mvista.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.1 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2570 Lines: 73 On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:56:50 -0800 Daniel Walker wrote: > There are a few error paths which don't unlock the usbvision->lock. > > So I've added mutex_unlock() calls to fix those paths. > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker > > --- > drivers/media/video/usbvision/usbvision-video.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/media/video/usbvision/usbvision-video.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/media/video/usbvision/usbvision-video.c > +++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/media/video/usbvision/usbvision-video.c > @@ -1290,6 +1290,7 @@ static int usbvision_radio_open(struct i > errCode = usbvision_set_alternate(usbvision); > if (errCode < 0) { > usbvision->last_error = errCode; > + mutex_unlock(&usbvision->lock); > return -EBUSY; > } > > @@ -1806,6 +1807,7 @@ static int __devinit usbvision_probe(str > usbvision->num_alt,GFP_KERNEL); > if (usbvision->alt_max_pkt_size == NULL) { > err("usbvision: out of memory!\n"); > + mutex_unlock(&usbvision->lock); > return -ENOMEM; > } > Well yes. But the bug which you've found is a *direct* consequence of a coding mistake in those functions: they have multiple deeply-nested `return' statements. This is a common cause of locking errors and resource leaks and is why we prefer the `goto place-which-unwinds' approach. We can easily fix that in one case, at least. One does wonder whether usbvision_radio_open() should be returning the usbvision_set_alternate() result to the caller here, rather than overwriting it with -EBUSY. --- a/drivers/media/video/usbvision/usbvision-video.c~media-video-usbvision-add-mutex_unlock-to-error-paths-fix +++ a/drivers/media/video/usbvision/usbvision-video.c @@ -1290,8 +1290,8 @@ static int usbvision_radio_open(struct i errCode = usbvision_set_alternate(usbvision); if (errCode < 0) { usbvision->last_error = errCode; - mutex_unlock(&usbvision->lock); - return -EBUSY; + errCode = -EBUSY; + goto out; } // If so far no errors then we shall start the radio @@ -1308,6 +1308,7 @@ static int usbvision_radio_open(struct i usbvision->initialized = 0; } } +out: mutex_unlock(&usbvision->lock); return errCode; } _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/