From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Input: serio - fix blocking of parport
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:53:21 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1443273801-8822-1-git-send-email-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> (raw)
If parkbd_allocate_serio() fails to allocate memory we are releasing the
parport but we missed unregistering the device. As a result this device
with exclusive access to that parport remains registered. And no other
device will be able to use that parport even though this driver has
failed to load.
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 2.6.32+
Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@vectorindia.org>
---
Faced this problem while creating the patch series for input to use
parallel port device model.
drivers/input/serio/parkbd.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/parkbd.c b/drivers/input/serio/parkbd.c
index 26b4593..1e8cd6f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/serio/parkbd.c
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/parkbd.c
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ static int __init parkbd_init(void)
parkbd_port = parkbd_allocate_serio();
if (!parkbd_port) {
parport_release(parkbd_dev);
+ parport_unregister_device(parkbd_dev);
return -ENOMEM;
}
--
1.9.1
next reply other threads:[~2015-09-26 13:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-26 13:23 Sudip Mukherjee [this message]
2015-09-28 0:18 ` [PATCH] Input: serio - fix blocking of parport Dmitry Torokhov
2015-09-28 13:41 ` Sudip Mukherjee
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