Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13951] New: in function device_authorization mutex is not released on error path.

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(switched to email.  Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
bugzilla web interface).

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:16:08 GMT bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13951
> 
>            Summary: in function device_authorization mutex is not released
>                     on  error  path.
>            Product: Drivers
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.30
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Video(Other)
>         AssignedTo: drivers_video-other@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         ReportedBy: strakh@xxxxxxxxx
>         Regression: No
> 
> 
> In ./drivers/media/video/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c in function 
> device authorization: 
>                 If after mutex lock (line 4) usb control msg returns ret!=46 we go to 
> label 
> error. In this case before exit from function mutex must be         unlocked.
> 
> 01) static int device authorization(struct hdpvr device *dev)
> 02) {
> 03) ............
> 04)             mutex lock(&dev->usbc mutex);                                                      
> 05)            ret = usb control msg(dev->udev,
> 06)                                              usb rcvctrlpipe(dev->udev, 0),
> 07)                                             rcv request, 0x80 | request type,
> 08)                                             0x0400, 0x0003,
> 09)                                             dev->usbc buf, 46,10000);
> 10)                      if (ret != 46) {
> 11)                     v4l2 err(&dev->v4l2 dev,
> 12)                                     "unexpected answer of status request, len %d\n", 
> ret);
> 13)                        goto error;
> 14)            }
> 15) .................
> 16) error:
> 17)
> 18)            return retval;
> 19) }
> 

Alexander, it would make life simpler if you were to just email patches
which fix things like this!

Thanks.

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