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* [PATCH] rc-core: don't return from store_protocols without releasing device mutex
@ 2012-12-08 12:50 Sasha Levin
  2012-12-20 16:39 ` Sasha Levin
  2012-12-25 16:40 ` David Härdeman
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2012-12-08 12:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: mchehab; +Cc: david, linux-media, linux-kernel, Sasha Levin

Commit c003ab1b ("[media] rc-core: add separate defines for protocol bitmaps
and numbers") has introduced a bug which allows store_protocols() to return
without releasing the device mutex it's holding.

Doing that would cause infinite hangs waiting on device mutex next time
around.

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
---
 drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
index 601d1ac1..0510f4d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
@@ -890,7 +890,8 @@ static ssize_t store_protocols(struct device *device,
 
 		if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(proto_names)) {
 			IR_dprintk(1, "Unknown protocol: '%s'\n", tmp);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		count++;
-- 
1.8.0


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