Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757290AbZC0Ps0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:48:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756030AbZC0PsR (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:48:17 -0400 Received: from vena.lwn.net ([206.168.112.25]:39320 "EHLO vena.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755776AbZC0PsQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:48:16 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:48:12 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Dan Carpenter Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, eteo@redhat.com Subject: Re: [patch] char/raw.c locking on error Message-ID: <20090327094812.32d0d5e7@bike.lwn.net> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: LWN.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.15.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 689 Lines: 21 On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:28:48 +0300 (EAT) Dan Carpenter wrote: > This bug was found by smatch (http://repo.or.cz/w/smatch.git/). Compile > tested only, sorry. But clearly correct. This is probably my fault, duh. I've grabbed the fix into the bkl-removal tree in case it doesn't get in via some faster path. (I bet raw doesn't need BKL at all; I'll see if I can't find some time to have a look later on). Thanks, jon -- 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/