From: Alexey Khoroshilov Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:44:16 +0000 (+0400) Subject: mei: fix mismatch in mutex unlock-lock in mei_amthif_read() X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e6028db0146cf5a68dbd1508225ea49840997880;p=linux-beck.git mei: fix mismatch in mutex unlock-lock in mei_amthif_read() Users of mei_amthif_read() expect it leaves dev->device_lock held, while there is a path where mei_amthif_read() unlocks device_lock and returns -ERESTARTSYS. The patch move code locking device_lock back before the return. Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org). Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov Cc: Sedat Dilek Acked-by: Tomas Winkler Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/amthif.c b/drivers/misc/mei/amthif.c index 18794aea6062..e40ffd9502d1 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/mei/amthif.c +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/amthif.c @@ -187,13 +187,13 @@ int mei_amthif_read(struct mei_device *dev, struct file *file, wait_ret = wait_event_interruptible(dev->iamthif_cl.wait, (cb = mei_amthif_find_read_list_entry(dev, file))); + /* Locking again the Mutex */ + mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock); + if (wait_ret) return -ERESTARTSYS; dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "woke up from sleep\n"); - - /* Locking again the Mutex */ - mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock); }