linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.38-rc8, patch] fix hci_dev

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:04:48 -0300
From:	"Gustavo F. Padovan" <padovan@...fusion.mobi>
To:	Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.38-rc8, patch] fix hci_dev_list locking

Hi Daniel,

* Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@...il.com> [2011-03-13 11:59:27 +0800]:

> Hi Gustavo,
> 
> On 12 March 2011 09:47, Gustavo F. Padovan <padovan@...fusion.mobi> wrote:
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > * Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@...il.com> [2011-03-09 00:07:54 +0800]:
> >
> >> No response from original post, and it missed getting taken into -rc7
> >> and -rc8, so repost:
> >>
> >> Release acquired lock on error path, fixing potential hang up.
> >
> > I already have a patch like this one in my tree, thanks anyway. :)
> 
> I guess I'm not looking in the right public tree, but I still couldn't
> detect the fix in:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-2.6.git
> or:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-next-2.6.git

On bluetooth-next:

commit b2c60d42db0fea1e6c4345739601024863566a13
Author: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Date:   Fri Jan 14 00:18:49 2011 +0100

    Bluetooth: Fix failure to release lock in read_index_list()
    
    If alloc_skb() fails in read_index_list() we'll return -ENOMEM without
    releasing 'hci_dev_list_lock'.
    
    Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
    Signed-off-by: Gustavo F. Padovan <padovan@...fusion.mobi>

-- 
Gustavo F. Padovan
http://profusion.mobi
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