[PATCH 7/7] fs/ocfs2/file.c: Release mutex in error handling code

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Mon Jul 21 2008 - 03:59:39 EST


From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>

The mutex is released on a successful return, so it would seem that it
should be released on an error return as well.

The semantic patch finds this problem is as follows:
(http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@@
expression l;
@@

mutex_lock(l);
... when != mutex_unlock(l)
when any
when strict
(
if (...) { ... when != mutex_unlock(l)
+ mutex_unlock(l);
return ...;
}
|
mutex_unlock(l);
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>

---
diff -u -p a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1766,8 +1766,8 @@ out_inode_unlock:
out_rw_unlock:
ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, 1);

- mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
out:
+ mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
return ret;
}

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