The patch titled mtd: m25p80.c: missed mutex_unlock on error path has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mtd-m25p80c-missed-mutex_unlock-on-error-path.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: mtd: m25p80.c: missed mutex_unlock on error path From: Chen Gong <g.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fix a mutex release bug in function m25p80_write(). Signed-off-by: Chen Gong <g.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c~mtd-m25p80c-missed-mutex_unlock-on-error-path drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c~mtd-m25p80c-missed-mutex_unlock-on-error-path +++ a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c @@ -358,8 +358,10 @@ static int m25p80_write(struct mtd_info mutex_lock(&flash->lock); /* Wait until finished previous write command. */ - if (wait_till_ready(flash)) + if (wait_till_ready(flash)) { + mutex_unlock(&flash->lock); return 1; + } write_enable(flash); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from g.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are mtd-m25p80c-missed-mutex_unlock-on-error-path.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