If the kmalloc() failed for "ccdc_cfg = kmalloc(...);" then we would exit with the lock held. I moved the mutex_lock() below the allocation because it isn't protecting anything in that block and allocations are allocations are sometimes slow. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/media/video/davinci/vpfe_capture.c b/drivers/media/video/davinci/vpfe_capture.c index 7cf042f..5c83f90 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/davinci/vpfe_capture.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/davinci/vpfe_capture.c @@ -1824,7 +1824,6 @@ static __init int vpfe_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) goto probe_free_dev_mem; } - mutex_lock(&ccdc_lock); /* Allocate memory for ccdc configuration */ ccdc_cfg = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ccdc_config), GFP_KERNEL); if (NULL == ccdc_cfg) { @@ -1833,6 +1832,8 @@ static __init int vpfe_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) goto probe_free_dev_mem; } + mutex_lock(&ccdc_lock); + strncpy(ccdc_cfg->name, vpfe_cfg->ccdc, 32); /* Get VINT0 irq resource */ res1 = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_IRQ, 0); -- 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