In case a race was lost and multiple fds used, an error could be reported multiple times. To fix this a spinlock must be taken. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c index f442f34f38da..6071c9044574 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c +++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c @@ -610,10 +610,14 @@ static int wdm_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id) return -EIO; if (rv < 0) return -EINTR; + + spin_lock_irq(&desc->iuspin); rv = desc->werr; + desc->werr = 0; + spin_unlock_irq(&desc->iuspin); + if (rv < 0) - dev_err(&desc->intf->dev, "Error in flush path: %d\n", - rv); + dev_err(&desc->intf->dev, "Error in flush path: %d\n", rv); return usb_translate_errors(rv); } -- 2.16.4