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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next prev parent 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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