New: in function device_authorization mutex is not released on error path.
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Quoted 34 lines · On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:16:08 GMT [email protected] wrote:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13951
Summary: in function
device_authorizationmutex is not released
on error path.
Product: Drivers
Version: 2.5
Kernel Version: 2.6.30
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Tree: Mainline
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P1
Component: Video(Other)
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Regression: NoIn
./drivers/media/video/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.cin function device authorization:If after mutex lock (line 4) usb control msg returns ret!=46 we go tolabel
error. In this case before exit from function mutex must be unlocked.01) static int device
authorization(struct hdpvr device *dev)
02) {
03) ............
04) mutexlock(&dev->usbc mutex);
05) ret = usb control msg(dev->udev,
06) usbrcvctrlpipe(dev->udev, 0),07) rcv request, 0x80 | request type, 08) 0x0400, 0x0003, 09) dev->usbc buf, 46,10000);
Quoted 12 lines
10) if (ret != 46) {
11) v4l2 err(&dev->v4l2 dev,
12) "unexpected answer of status request, len %d\n",
ret);
13) goto error;
14) }
15) .................
16) error:
17)
18) return retval;
19) }
Alexander, it would make life simpler if you were to just email patches which fix things like this!
Thanks.