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* [PATCH] n_r3964: restore_flags on failure
@ 2001-01-09 16:33 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  2001-01-10  1:41 ` David Woodhouse
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2001-01-09 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alan Cox; +Cc: linux-kernel

Hi,

	Please consider applying.

- Arnaldo

--- linux-2.4.0-ac4/drivers/char/n_r3964.c	Tue Dec 19 11:25:34 2000
+++ linux-2.4.0-ac4.acme/drivers/char/n_r3964.c	Tue Jan  9 14:23:07 2001
@@ -988,8 +988,10 @@
 
       pMsg = kmalloc(sizeof(struct r3964_message), GFP_KERNEL);
       TRACE_M("add_msg - kmalloc %x",(int)pMsg);
-      if(pMsg==NULL)
+      if(pMsg==NULL) {
+      	 restore_flags(flags);
          return;
+      }
 
       pMsg->msg_id = msg_id;
       pMsg->arg    = arg;
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* Re: [PATCH] n_r3964: restore_flags on failure
  2001-01-09 16:33 [PATCH] n_r3964: restore_flags on failure Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
@ 2001-01-10  1:41 ` David Woodhouse
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Woodhouse @ 2001-01-10  1:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo; +Cc: Alan Cox, linux-kernel

On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:

> --- linux-2.4.0-ac4/drivers/char/n_r3964.c	Tue Dec 19 11:25:34 2000
> +++ linux-2.4.0-ac4.acme/drivers/char/n_r3964.c	Tue Jan  9 14:23:07 2001

> +      	 restore_flags(flags);

/me scratches head...

Err.... is there any reason to believe that the locking therein actually
works at all?

-- 
dwmw2


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