From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Unlock the lock before leaving the function. A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r exists@ expression E1; identifier f; @@ f (...) { <+... * spin_lock_irqsave (E1,...); ... when != E1 * return ...; ...+> } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/sgiseeq.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c b/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c index ed999d3..37f6a00 100644 --- a/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c +++ b/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c @@ -592,8 +592,10 @@ static int sgiseeq_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) /* Setup... */ len = skb->len; if (len < ETH_ZLEN) { - if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN)) + if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN)) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sp->tx_lock, flags); return NETDEV_TX_OK; + } len = ETH_ZLEN; } -- 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