From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756668AbbCRODT (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:03:19 -0400 Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:35025 "EHLO aserp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756510AbbCRODQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:03:16 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:03:03 +0300 From: Dan Carpenter To: Quentin Lambert Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Lidza Louina , driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Staging: dgnc: release the lock before testing for nullity Message-ID: <20150318140302.GT10964@mwanda> References: <1426684868-24402-1-git-send-email-lambert.quentin@gmail.com> <20150318133651.GS10964@mwanda> <550980E5.8080001@gmail.com> <20150318135402.GU16501@mwanda> <550984AE.5030802@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <550984AE.5030802@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I don't know anyone with this hardware who can test a patch. If you find someone then you should send a patch to reorder the other original unlock and deref. Otherwise, I would just leave it alone for now. regards, dan carpenter