From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Kirsher Subject: [PATCH] e1000e: fix double release of mutex Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:20:26 -0800 Message-ID: <20081212052025.3298.151.stgit@lost.foo-projects.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Kirsher To: davem@davemloft.net Return-path: Received: from qmta01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.16]:53054 "EHLO QMTA01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750804AbYLLFUr (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:20:47 -0500 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: During a reset, releasing the swflag after it failed to be acquired would cause a double unlock of the mutex. Instead, test whether acquisition of the swflag was successful and if not, do not release the swflag. The reset must still be done to bring the device to a quiescent state. This resolves [BUG 12200] BUG: bad unlock balance detected! e1000e http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12200 Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher --- drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c index 523b971..d115a6d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c +++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c @@ -1893,12 +1893,17 @@ static s32 e1000_reset_hw_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw) ctrl |= E1000_CTRL_PHY_RST; } ret_val = e1000_acquire_swflag_ich8lan(hw); + /* Whether or not the swflag was acquired, we need to reset the part */ hw_dbg(hw, "Issuing a global reset to ich8lan"); ew32(CTRL, (ctrl | E1000_CTRL_RST)); msleep(20); - /* release the swflag because it is not reset by hardware reset */ - e1000_release_swflag_ich8lan(hw); + if (!ret_val) { + /* release the swflag because it is not reset by + * hardware reset + */ + e1000_release_swflag_ich8lan(hw); + } ret_val = e1000e_get_auto_rd_done(hw); if (ret_val) {