Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 6/7] drivers/video: Release mutex inerror handling code

From: Krzysztof Helt
Date: Tue Jul 22 2008 - 00:14:37 EST


On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:58:55 +0200 (CEST)
Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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>
>
> ---

Acked-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxx>

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