Use uninterruptible mutex_lock in the release() file op to make sure all resources are properly freed when a process is being terminated. Returning -ERESTARTSYS has no effect for a terminating process and this may cause driver resources not to be released. This was found using the following semantic patch (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/): <spml> @r@ identifier fops; identifier release_func; @@ static const struct v4l2_file_operations fops = { .release = release_func }; @depends on r@ identifier r.release_func; expression E; @@ static int release_func(...) { ... - if (mutex_lock_interruptible(E)) return -ERESTARTSYS; + mutex_lock(E); ... } </spml> Signed-off-by: Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c b/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c index b3890bd..0afe98d 100644 --- a/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c +++ b/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c @@ -265,8 +265,7 @@ static int fops_release(struct file *file) DEB_EE("file:%p\n", file); - if (mutex_lock_interruptible(vdev->lock)) - return -ERESTARTSYS; + mutex_lock(vdev->lock); if (vdev->vfl_type == VFL_TYPE_VBI) { if (dev->ext_vv_data->capabilities & V4L2_CAP_VBI_CAPTURE) -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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