if afs_cell_alloc() fails, afs_cells_sem doesn't get unlocked, which leads to a deadlock. Unlock it before returning. Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/afs/cell.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/afs/cell.c b/fs/afs/cell.c index 788865d..584bb0f 100644 --- a/fs/afs/cell.c +++ b/fs/afs/cell.c @@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct afs_cell *afs_cell_create(const char *name, char *vllist) cell = afs_cell_alloc(name, vllist); if (IS_ERR(cell)) { _leave(" = %ld", PTR_ERR(cell)); + up_write(&afs_cells_sem); return cell; } -- 1.5.4.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html