Re: [patch] memory hotplug: release lock on an error path

[Michal Hocko]

On Wed 05-10-11 08:53:26, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> We need to release the mutex here before returning.

Which kernel have you used as a base? I do not see any code like that in
the vanilla kernel. And git log doesn't know anything about
check_page_reservations in the file as well...

> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
> index ca8bfe5..164c8a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/memory.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
> @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static int memory_block_change_state(struct memory_block *mem,
>  		for (i = 0; i < sections_per_block; i++) {
>  			ret = check_page_reservations(mem->start_section_nr + i);
>  			if (ret)
> -				return ret;
> +				goto out;
>  		}
>  	}
> 
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