If the user passes an invalid command, then we don't drop the lock before returning. The check for invalid commands doesn't need to be done under lock so I moved it forward a couple lines. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/vmk80xx.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/vmk80xx.c index 10ac58d..856d0ea 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/vmk80xx.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/vmk80xx.c @@ -1020,12 +1020,12 @@ static int vmk80xx_cnt_cinsn(struct comedi_device *cdev, if (n) return n; - down(&dev->limit_sem); - insn_cmd = data[0]; if (insn_cmd != INSN_CONFIG_RESET && insn_cmd != GPCT_RESET) return -EINVAL; + down(&dev->limit_sem); + chan = CR_CHAN(insn->chanspec); if (dev->board.model == VMK8055_MODEL) { _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel