No response from original post, and it missed getting taken into -rc7 and -rc8, so repost: Release acquired lock on error path, fixing potential hang up. Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c index f827fd9..ace8726 100644 --- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c +++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c @@ -111,8 +111,10 @@ static int read_index_list(struct sock *sk) body_len = sizeof(*ev) + sizeof(*rp) + (2 * count); skb = alloc_skb(sizeof(*hdr) + body_len, GFP_ATOMIC); - if (!skb) + if (!skb) { + read_unlock(&hci_dev_list_lock); return -ENOMEM; + } hdr = (void *) skb_put(skb, sizeof(*hdr)); hdr->opcode = cpu_to_le16(MGMT_EV_CMD_COMPLETE);-- -- Daniel J Blueman -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html