From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: double unlock in rng_dev_read()
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:51:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091224105102.GE23721@bicker> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091223152355.GA31379@gondor.apana.org.au>
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:23:55PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 04:53:36PM +0200, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> >
> > No no. I mean when size hits zero we are rng_mutex is unlocked.
>
> Good catch! I'll add this patch to the tree. Please take a look
> at it. Thanks!
>
Great.
Acked-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
regards,
dan carpenter
> commit f5908267b67917b8cbd98b27fd2be9b5f62ec76f
> Author: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
> Date: Wed Dec 23 23:22:34 2009 +0800
>
> hwrng: core - Fix double unlock in rng_dev_read
>
> When the loop terminates with size == 0 in rng_dev_read we will
> unlock the rng mutex twice.
>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> index e989f67..3d9c61e 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> @@ -158,10 +158,11 @@ static ssize_t rng_dev_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
> goto out;
> }
> }
> -out_unlock:
> - mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
> out:
> return ret ? : err;
> +out_unlock:
> + mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
> + goto out;
> }
>
> --
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> Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-24 10:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-23 13:15 double unlock in rng_dev_read() Dan Carpenter
2009-12-23 14:36 ` Herbert Xu
2009-12-23 14:53 ` Dan Carpenter
2009-12-23 15:23 ` Herbert Xu
2009-12-24 10:51 ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
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