The patch titled Char: stallion, brd struct locking has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is char-stallion-brd-struct-locking.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Char: stallion, brd struct locking From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Since assigning of stl_brds[brdnr] is racy, add locking to this critical section. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/stallion.c | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/stallion.c~char-stallion-brd-struct-locking drivers/char/stallion.c --- a/drivers/char/stallion.c~char-stallion-brd-struct-locking +++ a/drivers/char/stallion.c @@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ static char stl_unwanted[SC26198_RXFIFO /*****************************************************************************/ +static DEFINE_MUTEX(stl_brdslock); static struct stlbrd *stl_brds[STL_MAXBRDS]; /* @@ -2305,7 +2306,6 @@ static int __devinit stl_brdinit(struct goto err; } - stl_brds[brdp->brdnr] = brdp; if ((brdp->state & BRD_FOUND) == 0) { printk("STALLION: %s board not found, board=%d io=%x irq=%d\n", stl_brdnames[brdp->brdtype], brdp->brdnr, @@ -2331,8 +2331,6 @@ err_free: release_region(brdp->ioaddr1, brdp->iosize1); if (brdp->iosize2 > 0) release_region(brdp->ioaddr2, brdp->iosize2); - - stl_brds[brdp->brdnr] = NULL; err: return retval; } @@ -2385,12 +2383,17 @@ static int __devinit stl_pciprobe(struct retval = -ENOMEM; goto err; } + mutex_lock(&stl_brdslock); brdp->brdnr = stl_getbrdnr(); if (brdp->brdnr < 0) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "too many boards found, " "maximum supported %d\n", STL_MAXBRDS); + mutex_unlock(&stl_brdslock); goto err_fr; } + stl_brds[brdp->brdnr] = brdp; + mutex_unlock(&stl_brdslock); + brdp->brdtype = brdtype; brdp->state |= STL_PROBED; @@ -2419,11 +2422,13 @@ static int __devinit stl_pciprobe(struct brdp->irq = pdev->irq; retval = stl_brdinit(brdp); if (retval) - goto err_fr; + goto err_null; pci_set_drvdata(pdev, brdp); return 0; +err_null: + stl_brds[brdp->brdnr] = NULL; err_fr: kfree(brdp); err: @@ -4737,10 +4742,13 @@ static int __init stallion_module_init(v brdp->irqtype = conf.irqtype; if (stl_brdinit(brdp)) kfree(brdp); - else + else { + stl_brds[brdp->brdnr] = brdp; stl_nrbrds = i + 1; + } } + /* this has to be _after_ isa finding because of locking */ retval = pci_register_driver(&stl_pcidriver); if (retval && stl_nrbrds == 0) goto err; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx are mxser-correct-tty-driver-name.patch pci-mxser-pci-refcounts.patch mxser-make-an-experimental-clone.patch char-mxser_new-correct-include-file.patch char-mxser_new-upgrade-to-191.patch char-mxser_new-rework-to-allow-dynamic-structs.patch char-mxser_new-use-__devinit-macros.patch char-mxser_new-pci_request_region-for-pci-regions.patch char-mxser_new-check-request_region-retvals.patch char-mxser_new-kill-unneeded-memsets.patch char-mxser_new-revert-spin_lock-changes.patch char-mxser_new-remove-request-for-testers-line.patch char-mxser_new-debug-printk-dependent-on-debug.patch char-mxser_new-alter-license-terms.patch char-mxser_new-code-upside-down.patch char-mxser_new-cmspar-is-defined.patch char-remove-unneded-termbits-redefinitions-mxser_new.patch char-mxser_new-eliminate-tty-ldisc-deref.patch char-mxser_new-testbit-for-bit-testing.patch char-mxser_new-correct-fail-paths.patch char-mxser_new-dont-check-tty_unregister-retval.patch char-mxser_new-compress-isa-finding.patch char-mxser_new-register-tty-devices-on-the-fly.patch char-mxser_new-compact-structures-round2.patch char-mxser_new-reverse-if-else-paths-patch.patch char-mxser_new-comments-cleanup.patch char-mxser_new-correct-intr-handler-proto.patch char-mxser_new-delete-ttys-and-termios.patch char-mxser_new-pci-probing.patch char-mxser_new-clean-macros.patch maintainers-add-me-to-isicom-mxser.patch mxser_new-correct-tty-driver-name.patch char-stallion-use-pr_debug-macro.patch char-stallion-remove-unneeded-casts.patch char-stallion-kill-typedefs.patch char-stallion-move-init-deinit.patch char-stallion-uninline-functions.patch char-stallion-mark-functions-as-init.patch char-stallion-remove-many-prototypes.patch char-isicom-expand-function.patch char-isicom-rename-init-function.patch char-isicom-remove-isa-code.patch char-isicom-remove-unneeded-memset.patch char-isicom-move-to-tty_register_device.patch char-isicom-use-pci_request_region.patch char-isicom-check-kmalloc-retval.patch char-isicom-use-completion.patch char-isicom-simplify-timer.patch char-isicom-remove-cvs-stuff.patch char-isicom-fix-tty-index-check.patch char-sx-convert-to-pci-probing.patch char-sx-use-kcalloc.patch char-sx-mark-functions-as-devinit.patch char-sx-use-eisa-probing.patch char-sx-ifdef-isa-code.patch char-sx-lock-boards-struct.patch char-sx-remove-duplicite-code.patch char-sx-whitespace-cleanup.patch char-sx-simplify-timer-logic.patch char-sx-fix-return-in-module-init.patch char-sx-use-pci_iomap.patch char-sx-request-regions.patch char-stallion-convert-to-pci-probing.patch char-stallion-prints-cleanup.patch char-stallion-implement-fail-paths.patch char-stallion-correct-__init-macros.patch char-stallion-functions-cleanup.patch char-stallion-fix-fail-paths.patch char-stallion-brd-struct-locking.patch char-stallion-remove-syntactic-sugar.patch char-stallion-variables-cleanup.patch char-stallion-use-dynamic-dev.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html