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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [smatch stuff] xshm: release misc device on error
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:24:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111208192441.GB8810@elgon.mountain> (raw)

Hi Sjur,

Smatch complains that we don't release the misc device on error.

drivers/xshm/xshm_chr.c +1057 cfshm_probe(75)
	warn: '&dev->misc' was not released on error

  1043          /* Register the device. */
  1044          dev->misc.parent = &xshm->pdev.dev;
  1045          result = misc_register(&dev->misc);
  1046  
  1047          /* Lock in order to try to stop someone from opening the device
  1048           * too early. The misc device has its own lock. We cannot take our
  1049           * lock until misc_register() is finished, because in open() the
  1050           * locks are taken in this order (misc first and then dev).
  1051           * So anyone managing to open the device between the misc_register
  1052           * and the mutex_lock will get a "device not found" error. Don't
  1053           * think it can be avoided.
  1054           */
  1055          if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->mutex)) {
  1056                  xdev_dbg(dev, "mutex_lock_interruptible got signalled\n");

-> if result is 0 here we should release it.  Should we call
xshmchr_put() or misc_deregister()?

  1057                  return -ERESTARTSYS;
  1058          }
  1059  
  1060          if (result < 0) {
  1061                  pr_warn("XSHMCHR: chnl_chr: error - %d, can't register misc.\n",
  1062                                result);
  1063                  mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
  1064                  goto err_failed;
  1065          }

regards,
dan carpenter

             reply	other threads:[~2011-12-08 19:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-08 19:24 Dan Carpenter [this message]
2011-12-09 12:39 ` [smatch stuff] xshm: release misc device on error Sjur BRENDELAND

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