If snd_ctl_add() fails in aureon_add_controls(), it immediately returns and leaves ice->gpio_mutex locked. ice->gpio_mutex locks in snd_ice1712_save_gpio_status and unlocks in snd_ice1712_restore_gpio_status(ice). It seems that the mutex is required only for aureon_cs8415_get(), so snd_ice1712_restore_gpio_status(ice) can be placed just after that. Compile tested only. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Dmitry Fomin <fomindmitriyfoma@xxxxxxx> --- sound/pci/ice1712/aureon.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/pci/ice1712/aureon.c b/sound/pci/ice1712/aureon.c index 9a30f6d35d13..40a0e0095030 100644 --- a/sound/pci/ice1712/aureon.c +++ b/sound/pci/ice1712/aureon.c @@ -1892,6 +1892,7 @@ static int aureon_add_controls(struct snd_ice1712 *ice) unsigned char id; snd_ice1712_save_gpio_status(ice); id = aureon_cs8415_get(ice, CS8415_ID); + snd_ice1712_restore_gpio_status(ice); if (id != 0x41) dev_info(ice->card->dev, "No CS8415 chip. Skipping CS8415 controls.\n"); @@ -1909,7 +1910,6 @@ static int aureon_add_controls(struct snd_ice1712 *ice) kctl->id.device = ice->pcm->device; } } - snd_ice1712_restore_gpio_status(ice); } return 0; -- 2.37.2