linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/10] devtmpfs: unlock mutex in case of string allocation error

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Date:	Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:52:43 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] devtmpfs: unlock mutex in case of string allocation error

From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>

Reported-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@...temov.name>
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 drivers/base/devtmpfs.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index 278371c..090dd48 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ static int create_path(const char *nodepath)
 
 		/* parent directories do not exist, create them */
 		path = kstrdup(nodepath, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!path)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!path) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		s = path;
 		for (;;) {
 			s = strchr(s, '/');
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ static int create_path(const char *nodepath)
 		}
 		kfree(path);
 	}
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&dirlock);
 	return err;
 }
-- 
1.6.5.7

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