In the original source it would write past the end of the array before returning the error code. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ti-st/st_core.c b/drivers/staging/ti-st/st_core.c index 063c9b1..0dfed21 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/ti-st/st_core.c +++ b/drivers/staging/ti-st/st_core.c @@ -686,9 +686,8 @@ long st_register(struct st_proto_s *new_proto) default: pr_err("%d protocol not supported", new_proto->type); - err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT; - /* something wrong */ - break; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&st_gdata->lock, flags); + return -EPROTONOSUPPORT; } st_gdata->list[new_proto->type] = new_proto; st_gdata->protos_registered++; -- 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