Re: [patch 2/2] ptp: fix some locking bugs in ptp_read()

From: Richard Cochran
Date: Wed Jun 01 2011 - 06:18:17 EST


On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 10:54:07PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> There was an unlock missing on an error path, and a double unlock on
> another error path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
> index 93fa22d..e7f301da2 100644
> --- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
> +++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
> @@ -130,8 +130,10 @@ ssize_t ptp_read(struct posix_clock *pc,
> return -ERESTARTSYS;
> }
>
> - if (ptp->defunct)
> + if (ptp->defunct) {
> + mutex_unlock(&ptp->tsevq_mux);
> return -ENODEV;
> + }
>
> spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->lock, flags);
>
> @@ -151,10 +153,8 @@ ssize_t ptp_read(struct posix_clock *pc,
>
> mutex_unlock(&ptp->tsevq_mux);
>
> - if (copy_to_user(buf, event, cnt)) {
> - mutex_unlock(&ptp->tsevq_mux);
> + if (copy_to_user(buf, event, cnt))
> return -EFAULT;
> - }
>
> return cnt;
> }
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