cx8802_blackbird_probe makes a device node for the mpeg sub-device before it has been added to dev->drvlist. If the device is opened during that time, the open succeeds but request_acquire cannot be called, so the reference count remains zero. Later, when the device is closed, the reference count becomes negative --- uh oh. Close the race by holding core->lock during probe and not releasing until the device is in drvlist and initialization finished. Previously the BKL prevented this race. Reported-by: Andreas Huber <hobrom@xxxxxx> Tested-by: Andi Huber <hobrom@xxxxxx> Tested-by: Marlon de Boer <marlon@xxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c | 2 -- drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c | 5 ++--- drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h | 7 ++----- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c index a6f7d53..f637d34 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c @@ -1335,11 +1335,9 @@ static int cx8802_blackbird_probe(struct cx8802_driver *drv) blackbird_register_video(dev); /* initial device configuration: needed ? */ - mutex_lock(&dev->core->lock); // init_controls(core); cx88_set_tvnorm(core,core->tvnorm); cx88_video_mux(core,0); - mutex_unlock(&dev->core->lock); return 0; diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c index 9147c16..497f26f 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c @@ -709,18 +709,17 @@ int cx8802_register_driver(struct cx8802_driver *drv) drv->request_release = cx8802_request_release; memcpy(driver, drv, sizeof(*driver)); + mutex_lock(&drv->core->lock); err = drv->probe(driver); if (err == 0) { i++; - mutex_lock(&drv->core->lock); list_add_tail(&driver->drvlist, &dev->drvlist); - mutex_unlock(&drv->core->lock); } else { printk(KERN_ERR "%s/2: cx8802 probe failed, err = %d\n", dev->core->name, err); } - + mutex_unlock(&drv->core->lock); } return i ? 0 : -ENODEV; diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h index e912919..93a94bf 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h +++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h @@ -495,13 +495,10 @@ struct cx8802_driver { int (*suspend)(struct pci_dev *pci_dev, pm_message_t state); int (*resume)(struct pci_dev *pci_dev); + /* Callers to the following functions must hold core->lock */ + /* MPEG 8802 -> mini driver - Driver probe and configuration */ - - /* Caller must _not_ hold core->lock */ int (*probe)(struct cx8802_driver *drv); - - /* Callers to the following functions must hold core->lock */ - int (*remove)(struct cx8802_driver *drv); /* MPEG 8802 -> mini driver - Access for hardware control */ -- 1.7.5 -- 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