From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx> This driver had used BKL to guard against disconnect but was incorrectly converted leaving an SMP race. BKL was added to disconnect() to fix this race BKL was removed from ioctl() as the mutex is sufficient on its own. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c b/drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c index 47ce46b..a85771b 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c @@ -77,11 +77,14 @@ static struct rio_usb_data rio_instance; static int open_rio(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { struct rio_usb_data *rio = &rio_instance; + + /* against disconnect() */ lock_kernel(); mutex_lock(&(rio->lock)); if (rio->isopen || !rio->present) { mutex_unlock(&(rio->lock)); + unlock_kernel(); return -EBUSY; } rio->isopen = 1; @@ -116,7 +119,6 @@ static long ioctl_rio(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) int retries; int retval=0; - lock_kernel(); mutex_lock(&(rio->lock)); /* Sanity check to make sure rio is connected, powered, etc */ if (rio->present == 0 || rio->rio_dev == NULL) { @@ -255,7 +257,6 @@ static long ioctl_rio(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) err_out: mutex_unlock(&(rio->lock)); - unlock_kernel(); return retval; } @@ -490,6 +491,7 @@ static void disconnect_rio(struct usb_interface *intf) struct rio_usb_data *rio = usb_get_intfdata (intf); usb_set_intfdata (intf, NULL); + lock_kernel(); if (rio) { usb_deregister_dev(intf, &usb_rio_class); @@ -499,6 +501,7 @@ static void disconnect_rio(struct usb_interface *intf) /* better let it finish - the release will do whats needed */ rio->rio_dev = NULL; mutex_unlock(&(rio->lock)); + unlock_kernel(); return; } kfree(rio->ibuf); @@ -509,6 +512,7 @@ static void disconnect_rio(struct usb_interface *intf) rio->present = 0; mutex_unlock(&(rio->lock)); } + unlock_kernel(); } static const struct usb_device_id rio_table[] = { -- 1.7.0.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html