Jumping to out unlocks __ip_vs_svc_lock, but that lock is not taken until after code that may jump to out. This problem was detected by sparse. make C=1 CHECK net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c:1332:2: warning: context imbalance in 'ip_vs_edit_service' - unexpected unlock Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Index: lvs-2.6/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c =================================================================== --- lvs-2.6.orig/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c 2008-09-16 15:16:01.000000000 +1000 +++ lvs-2.6/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c 2008-09-16 15:16:06.000000000 +1000 @@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ ip_vs_edit_service(struct ip_vs_service */ if ((ret = ip_vs_unbind_scheduler(svc))) { old_sched = sched; - goto out; + goto out_unlock; } /* @@ -1324,12 +1324,13 @@ ip_vs_edit_service(struct ip_vs_service */ ip_vs_bind_scheduler(svc, old_sched); old_sched = sched; - goto out; + goto out_unlock; } } - out: + out_unlock: write_unlock_bh(&__ip_vs_svc_lock); + out: if (old_sched) ip_vs_scheduler_put(old_sched); -- -- Simon Horman VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., Sydney, Australia Satellite Office H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ W: www.valinux.co.jp/en -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe lvs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html