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mei: fix mismatch in mutex unlock-lock in mei_amthif_read()
authorAlexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>
Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:44:16 +0000 (01:44 +0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 7 Jan 2013 18:28:03 +0000 (10:28 -0800)
Users of mei_amthif_read() expect it leaves dev->device_lock held,
while there is a path where mei_amthif_read() unlocks device_lock
and returns -ERESTARTSYS.

The patch move code locking device_lock back before the return.

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

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>
Cc: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/misc/mei/amthif.c

index 18794aea606282a8925a4ef93d9596948760c3f0..e40ffd9502d17eddaf7f41618d3f33d41b8012af 100644 (file)
@@ -187,13 +187,13 @@ int mei_amthif_read(struct mei_device *dev, struct file *file,
                wait_ret = wait_event_interruptible(dev->iamthif_cl.wait,
                        (cb = mei_amthif_find_read_list_entry(dev, file)));
 
+               /* Locking again the Mutex */
+               mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock);
+
                if (wait_ret)
                        return -ERESTARTSYS;
 
                dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "woke up from sleep\n");
-
-               /* Locking again the Mutex */
-               mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock);
        }