From: Simon Arlott <simon@xxxxxxxxxxx> dvb_dvr_read may unlock the dmxdev mutex and return -ENODEV, except this function is a file op and will never be called with the mutex held. There's existing mutex_lock and mutex_unlock around the actual read but it's commented out. These should probably be uncommented but the read blocks and this could block another non-blocking reader on the mutex instead. This change comments out the extra mutex_unlock. [akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: cleanups, simplification] Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott <simon@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c | 14 ++++---------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c~dvb-core-fix-potential-mutex_unlock-without-mutex_lock-in-dvb_dvr_read drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c --- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c~dvb-core-fix-potential-mutex_unlock-without-mutex_lock-in-dvb_dvr_read +++ a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c @@ -244,19 +244,13 @@ static ssize_t dvb_dvr_read(struct file { struct dvb_device *dvbdev = file->private_data; struct dmxdev *dmxdev = dvbdev->priv; - int ret; - if (dmxdev->exit) { - mutex_unlock(&dmxdev->mutex); + if (dmxdev->exit) return -ENODEV; - } - //mutex_lock(&dmxdev->mutex); - ret = dvb_dmxdev_buffer_read(&dmxdev->dvr_buffer, - file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK, - buf, count, ppos); - //mutex_unlock(&dmxdev->mutex); - return ret; + return dvb_dmxdev_buffer_read(&dmxdev->dvr_buffer, + file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK, + buf, count, ppos); } static int dvb_dvr_set_buffer_size(struct dmxdev *dmxdev, _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html