From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> The function sockfd_lookup uses fget on the value that is stored in the file field of the returned structure, so fput should ultimately be applied to this value. This can be done directly, but it seems better to use the specific macro sockfd_put, which does the same thing. The problem was fixed using the following semantic patch. (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @@ expression s; @@ s = sockfd_lookup(...) ... + sockfd_put(s); ?- fput(s->file); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c --- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c 2007-11-08 08:00:52.000000000 +0100 +++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c 2008-01-06 11:35:17.000000000 +0100 @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int bnep_sock_ioctl(struct socket return err; if (nsock->sk->sk_state != BT_CONNECTED) { - fput(nsock->file); + sockfd_put(nsock); return -EBADFD; } @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int bnep_sock_ioctl(struct socket if (copy_to_user(argp, &ca, sizeof(ca))) err = -EFAULT; } else - fput(nsock->file); + sockfd_put(nsock); return err; diff -u -p a/net/bluetooth/cmtp/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/cmtp/sock.c --- a/net/bluetooth/cmtp/sock.c 2007-11-08 08:00:52.000000000 +0100 +++ b/net/bluetooth/cmtp/sock.c 2008-01-06 11:35:17.000000000 +0100 @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static int cmtp_sock_ioctl(struct socket return err; if (nsock->sk->sk_state != BT_CONNECTED) { - fput(nsock->file); + sockfd_put(nsock); return -EBADFD; } @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int cmtp_sock_ioctl(struct socket if (copy_to_user(argp, &ca, sizeof(ca))) err = -EFAULT; } else - fput(nsock->file); + sockfd_put(nsock); return err; diff -u -p a/net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c --- a/net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c 2007-11-08 08:00:52.000000000 +0100 +++ b/net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c 2008-01-06 11:35:18.000000000 +0100 @@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ static int hidp_sock_ioctl(struct socket isock = sockfd_lookup(ca.intr_sock, &err); if (!isock) { - fput(csock->file); + sockfd_put(csock); return err; } if (csock->sk->sk_state != BT_CONNECTED || isock->sk->sk_state != BT_CONNECTED) { - fput(csock->file); - fput(isock->file); + sockfd_put(csock); + sockfd_put(isock); return -EBADFD; } @@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ static int hidp_sock_ioctl(struct socket if (copy_to_user(argp, &ca, sizeof(ca))) err = -EFAULT; } else { - fput(csock->file); - fput(isock->file); + sockfd_put(csock); + sockfd_put(isock); } return err; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html