Re: [PATCH] [media] gspca: fix dev_open() error path

From: Hans de Goede
Date: Tue Aug 20 2013 - 08:20:42 EST


Hi,

Thanks for the patch I've added this to my "gspca" tree, and this
will be included in my next pull-request to Mauro for 3.12

Regards,

Hans

On 08/05/2013 10:16 PM, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
If v4l2_fh_open() fails in dev_open(), gspca_dev->module left locked.
The patch adds module_put(gspca_dev->module) on this path.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov<khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c
index b7ae872..048507b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c
@@ -1266,6 +1266,7 @@ static void gspca_release(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_device)
static int dev_open(struct file *file)
{
struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev = video_drvdata(file);
+ int ret;

PDEBUG(D_STREAM, "[%s] open", current->comm);

@@ -1273,7 +1274,10 @@ static int dev_open(struct file *file)
if (!try_module_get(gspca_dev->module))
return -ENODEV;

- return v4l2_fh_open(file);
+ ret = v4l2_fh_open(file);
+ if (ret)
+ module_put(gspca_dev->module);
+ return ret;
}

static int dev_close(struct file *file)
-- 1.8.1.2

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