The patch titled Char: isicom, fix probe race has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is char-isicom-fix-probe-race.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: isicom, fix probe race From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Fix two race conditions in the probe function with mutex. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/isicom.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++----------- 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/isicom.c~char-isicom-fix-probe-race drivers/char/isicom.c --- a/drivers/char/isicom.c~char-isicom-fix-probe-race +++ a/drivers/char/isicom.c @@ -1732,22 +1732,25 @@ end: /* * Insmod can set static symbols so keep these static */ -static int card; +static unsigned int card_count; static int __devinit isicom_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, - const struct pci_device_id *ent) + const struct pci_device_id *ent) { + static DEFINE_MUTEX(probe_lock); unsigned int ioaddr, signature, index; int retval = -EPERM; - u8 pciirq; struct isi_board *board = NULL; - if (card >= BOARD_COUNT) + mutex_lock(&probe_lock); + if (card_count >= BOARD_COUNT) { + mutex_unlock(&probe_lock); goto err; + } + card_count++; ioaddr = pci_resource_start(pdev, 3); /* i.e at offset 0x1c in the PCI configuration register space. */ - pciirq = pdev->irq; dev_info(&pdev->dev, "ISI PCI Card(Device ID 0x%x)\n", ent->device); /* allot the first empty slot in the array */ @@ -1759,8 +1762,9 @@ static int __devinit isicom_probe(struct board->index = index; board->base = ioaddr; - board->irq = pciirq; - card++; + board->irq = pdev->irq; + + mutex_unlock(&probe_lock); pci_set_drvdata(pdev, board); @@ -1770,7 +1774,7 @@ static int __devinit isicom_probe(struct "will be disabled.\n", board->base, board->base + 15, index + 1); retval = -EBUSY; - goto err; + goto err_dec; } retval = request_irq(board->irq, isicom_interrupt, @@ -1799,8 +1803,10 @@ errunri: free_irq(board->irq, board); errunrr: pci_release_region(pdev, 3); -err: +err_dec: + card_count--; board->base = 0; +err: return retval; } @@ -1814,6 +1820,8 @@ static void __devexit isicom_remove(stru free_irq(board->irq, board); pci_release_region(pdev, 3); + card_count--; + board->base = 0; } static int __init isicom_init(void) @@ -1821,8 +1829,6 @@ static int __init isicom_init(void) int retval, idx, channel; struct isi_port *port; - card = 0; - for(idx = 0; idx < BOARD_COUNT; idx++) { port = &isi_ports[idx * 16]; isi_card[idx].ports = port; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx are char-tty-delete-wake_up_interruptible-after-tty_wakeup.patch char-isicom-remove-tty_hangwakeup-bottomhalves.patch mxser-remove-ambiguous-redefinition-of-init_work.patch char-isicom-fix-locking-in-isr.patch char-isicom-fix-probe-race.patch char-isicom-augment-card_reset.patch char-isicom-check-card-state-in-isr.patch char-isicom-support-higher-rates.patch shrink_slab-handle-bad-shrinkers.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