5.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx> commit 4bc60736154bc9e0e39d3b88918f5d3762ebe5e0 upstream. First the media device node was created, and if successful it was marked as 'registered'. This leaves a small race condition where an application can open the device node and get an error back because the 'registered' flag was not yet set. Change the order: first set the 'registered' flag, then actually register the media device node. If that fails, then clear the flag. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: cf4b9211b568 ("[media] media: Media device node support") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c +++ b/drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c @@ -246,15 +246,14 @@ int __must_check media_devnode_register( kobject_set_name(&devnode->cdev.kobj, "media%d", devnode->minor); /* Part 3: Add the media and char device */ + set_bit(MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED, &devnode->flags); ret = cdev_device_add(&devnode->cdev, &devnode->dev); if (ret < 0) { + clear_bit(MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED, &devnode->flags); pr_err("%s: cdev_device_add failed\n", __func__); goto cdev_add_error; } - /* Part 4: Activate this minor. The char device can now be used. */ - set_bit(MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED, &devnode->flags); - return 0; cdev_add_error: