The nodedev driver private data object @priv is created by calling udevEventDataNew(). After that, driver->privateData pointer is set to the freshly allocated object and only a few lines after all of this the object is locked. Technically it is safe because there should not be any other thread at this point, but defensive style of programming says it's better if the object is locked before driver's privateData is set. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/node_device/node_device_udev.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c index 04e1094e21..da3754ff80 100644 --- a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c +++ b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c @@ -2212,21 +2212,21 @@ nodeStateInitialize(bool privileged, !(priv = udevEventDataNew())) goto cleanup; + virObjectLock(priv); + driver->privateData = priv; driver->nodeDeviceEventState = virObjectEventStateNew(); if (udevPCITranslateInit(privileged) < 0) - goto cleanup; + goto unlock; udev = udev_new(); if (!udev) { virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", _("failed to create udev context")); - goto cleanup; + goto unlock; } - virObjectLock(priv); - priv->udev_monitor = udev_monitor_new_from_netlink(udev, "udev"); if (!priv->udev_monitor) { virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", -- 2.26.3