+ test_kmod-fix-the-lock-in-register_test_dev_kmod.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: test_kmod: fix the lock in register_test_dev_kmod()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     test_kmod-fix-the-lock-in-register_test_dev_kmod.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/test_kmod-fix-the-lock-in-register_test_dev_kmod.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/test_kmod-fix-the-lock-in-register_test_dev_kmod.patch

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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: test_kmod: fix the lock in register_test_dev_kmod()

We accidentally just drop the lock twice instead of taking it and then
releasing it.  This isn't a big issue unless you are adding more than one
device to test on, and the kmod.sh doesn't do that yet, however this
obviously is the correct thing to do.

[mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx: massaged subject, explain what happens]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170802211450.27928-5-mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 39258f448d71 ("kmod: add test driver to stress test the module loader")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Binderman <dcb314@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 lib/test_kmod.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN lib/test_kmod.c~test_kmod-fix-the-lock-in-register_test_dev_kmod lib/test_kmod.c
--- a/lib/test_kmod.c~test_kmod-fix-the-lock-in-register_test_dev_kmod
+++ a/lib/test_kmod.c
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ static struct kmod_test_device *register
 	struct kmod_test_device *test_dev = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_unlock(&reg_dev_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&reg_dev_mutex);
 
 	/* int should suffice for number of devices, test for wrap */
 	if (unlikely(num_test_devs + 1) < 0) {
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are

test_kmod-fix-the-lock-in-register_test_dev_kmod.patch
test_kmod-fix-small-memory-leak-on-filesystem-tests.patch

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