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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: double unlock in rng_dev_read()
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:53:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091223145336.GB23721@bicker> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091223143658.GA30992@gondor.apana.org.au>

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:36:58PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 03:15:52PM +0200, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > It seems like we unlock rng_mutex twice (2.6.33-rc1).
> > 
> > drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> >    151                  mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
> >    152
> >    153                  if (need_resched())
> >    154                          schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
> >    155
> >    156                  if (signal_pending(current)) {
> >    157                          err = -ERESTARTSYS;
> >    158                          goto out;
> >    159                  }
> >    160          }
> >    161  out_unlock:
> >    162          mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
> 
> Hmm, are you sure you didn't mistake out for out_unlock? :)

No no.  I mean when size hits zero we are rng_mutex is unlocked.

regards,
dan carpenter

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  reply	other threads:[~2009-12-23 14:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-23 13:15 double unlock in rng_dev_read() Dan Carpenter
2009-12-23 14:36 ` Herbert Xu
2009-12-23 14:53   ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
2009-12-23 15:23     ` Herbert Xu
2009-12-24 10:51       ` Dan Carpenter

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