From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Add a spin_unlock missing on the error path. The return value of write_reg seems to be completely ignored, so it seems that the lock should be released in every case. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression E1; @@ * spin_lock(E1,...); <+... when != E1 if (...) { ... when != E1 * return ...; } ...+> * spin_unlock(E1,...); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcsusb.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcsusb.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcsusb.c index b3b7e28..8700474 100644 --- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcsusb.c +++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcsusb.c @@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ static int write_reg(struct hfcsusb *hw, __u8 reg, __u8 val) hw->name, __func__, reg, val); spin_lock(&hw->ctrl_lock); - if (hw->ctrl_cnt >= HFC_CTRL_BUFSIZE) + if (hw->ctrl_cnt >= HFC_CTRL_BUFSIZE) { + spin_unlock(&hw->ctrl_lock); return 1; + } buf = &hw->ctrl_buff[hw->ctrl_in_idx]; buf->hfcs_reg = reg; buf->reg_val = val; -- 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