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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] genirq: incorrect unlock in __setup_irq()
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:08:20 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110317200820.GF14675@home.goodmis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110317114307.GJ2008@bicker>

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 02:43:07PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> goto out_thread is called before we take the lock.  It causes a gcc
> warning: "kernel/irq/manage.c:858: warning: ???flags??? may be used
> uninitialized in this function"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> index acd599a..cdcdf13 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> @@ -1065,9 +1065,9 @@ mismatch:
>  
>  out_mask:
>  	free_cpumask_var(mask);
> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
>  
>  out_thread:
> -	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);

That's more than a warning fix, this is a real bug.

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodims.org>

-- Steve

>  	if (new->thread) {
>  		struct task_struct *t = new->thread;
>  
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      reply	other threads:[~2011-03-17 20:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-17 11:43 [patch] genirq: incorrect unlock in __setup_irq() Dan Carpenter
2011-03-17 20:08 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]

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