From: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@ideasonboard.com>
To: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Cc: Daniel Scally <dan.scally@ideasonboard.com>,
Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@ideasonboard.com>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: mali-c55: Fix double mutex_destroy on capture dev register error
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:39:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <akIhCZqfi6o7tYqJ@zed> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260628050503.16048-1-devnexen@gmail.com>
Hi David
On Sun, Jun 28, 2026 at 06:05:03AM +0100, David Carlier wrote:
> In mali_c55_register_cap_dev(), a failure of media_entity_pads_init()
> destroys cap_dev->lock inline and then jumps to err_destroy_mutex, which
> destroys the same mutex a second time. The switch default case just above
> already handles this correctly by jumping straight to the label without an
> inline destroy.
>
> Drop the inline mutex_destroy() and rely on the err_destroy_mutex label,
> so the mutex is destroyed exactly once on every error path.
>
> Fixes: d5f281f3dd29 ("media: mali-c55: Add Mali-C55 ISP driver")
Calling mutex_destroy() twice should be harmless, I don't think this
qualfies as a fix ?
And in any case, remember to Cc: stable whenever you send a Fixes.
> Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-capture.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-capture.c
> index 7aaa5c3f7..ff0155302 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-capture.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-capture.c
> @@ -857,10 +857,8 @@ static int mali_c55_register_cap_dev(struct mali_c55 *mali_c55,
>
> cap_dev->pad.flags = MEDIA_PAD_FL_SINK;
> ret = media_entity_pads_init(&cap_dev->vdev.entity, 1, &cap_dev->pad);
> - if (ret) {
> - mutex_destroy(&cap_dev->lock);
> + if (ret)
> goto err_destroy_mutex;
> - }
Indeed!
Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@ideasonboard.com>
>
> vb2q->type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE;
> vb2q->io_modes = VB2_MMAP | VB2_DMABUF;
> --
> 2.53.0
>
>
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2026-06-28 5:05 [PATCH] media: mali-c55: Fix double mutex_destroy on capture dev register error David Carlier
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