If change_protocol() fails and we goto out_raw, then it calls unlock twice. I noticed that the other time we called change_protocol() we held the &dev->lock, so I changed it to hold it here too. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> --- Compile tested only. diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c index f57cd56..136a6c6 100644 --- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c +++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c @@ -1097,7 +1097,6 @@ int rc_register_device(struct rc_dev *dev) if (rc < 0) goto out_input; } - mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); if (dev->change_protocol) { rc = dev->change_protocol(dev, rc_map->rc_type); @@ -1105,6 +1104,8 @@ int rc_register_device(struct rc_dev *dev) goto out_raw; } + mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); + IR_dprintk(1, "Registered rc%ld (driver: %s, remote: %s, mode %s)\n", dev->devno, dev->driver_name ? dev->driver_name : "unknown", -- 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