Re: [PATCH] vmw_balloon: release lock on error in vmballoon_reset()

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> On Feb 11, 2019, at 10:45 AM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> We added some locking to this function but forgot to drop the lock on
> these two error paths.  This bug would lead to an immediate deadlock.
> 
> Fixes: c7b3690fb152 ("vmw_balloon: stats rework")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Yes, I screwed up. Thanks for catching it!

I’ll go to check why my error injection tests didn’t catch it.





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