Lets fix a race between mutex_is_lock() and mutex_lock(). <-mutex is not locked if (!mutex_is_locked(&ictx->lock)) { unlock = true; <- mutex is locked externaly mutex_lock(&ictx->lock); } Let's use mutex_trylock() that does mutex_is_lock() and mutex_lock() atomically. Fix the following cocci warning: drivers/media/rc/imon.c:1167:1-7: preceding lock on line 1153 Fixes: 23ef710e1a6c ("[media] imon: add conditional locking in change_protocol") Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/rc/imon.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/imon.c b/drivers/media/rc/imon.c index 0b55314a8082..8f1361bcce3a 100644 --- a/drivers/media/rc/imon.c +++ b/drivers/media/rc/imon.c @@ -1148,10 +1148,7 @@ static int imon_ir_change_protocol(struct rc_dev *rc, u64 *rc_proto) memcpy(ictx->usb_tx_buf, &ir_proto_packet, sizeof(ir_proto_packet)); - if (!mutex_is_locked(&ictx->lock)) { - unlock = true; - mutex_lock(&ictx->lock); - } + unlock = mutex_trylock(&ictx->lock); retval = send_packet(ictx); if (retval) -- 2.45.0.rc1.225.g2a3ae87e7f-goog