linux-kernel - Re: [patch] TTY/n_gsm: potential double lock

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Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 13:42:58 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] TTY/n_gsm: potential double lock

On Tue, 25 May 2010 11:37:17 +0200
Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com> wrote:

> In gsm_dlci_data_kick() we call gsm_dlci_data_sweep() with the
> "gsm->tx_lock" held so we can't lock it again inside
> gsm_dlci_data_sweep().  I removed that lock from and added one to 
> gsmld_write_wakeup() instead.  The sweep function is only called from
> those two places.

Well spotted - I'm surprised that escaped as I've been using the code a
fair bit in that exact form. Not immediately obvious that the case
should be that hard to trigger.

> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>

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