[ 03/23] media: dvb-core: Release semaphore on error path dvb_register_device()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Jul 17 2012 - 20:12:35 EST


From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

3.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Santosh Nayak <santoshprasadnayak@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 82163edcdfa4eb3d74516cc8e9f38dd3d039b67d upstream.

There is a missing "up_write()" here. Semaphore should be released
before returning error value.

Signed-off-by: Santosh Nayak <santoshprasadnayak@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapt
if (minor == MAX_DVB_MINORS) {
kfree(dvbdevfops);
kfree(dvbdev);
+ up_write(&minor_rwsem);
mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
return -EINVAL;
}


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