linux-kernel - [patch 2/2] ptp: fix some locking bugs in ptp

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Date:	Sun, 29 May 2011 22:54:07 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@...cron.at>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 2/2] ptp: fix some locking bugs in ptp_read()

There was an unlock missing on an error path, and a double unlock on
another error path.

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

diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
index 93fa22d..e7f301da2 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
@@ -130,8 +130,10 @@ ssize_t ptp_read(struct posix_clock *pc,
 		return -ERESTARTSYS;
 	}
 
-	if (ptp->defunct)
+	if (ptp->defunct) {
+		mutex_unlock(&ptp->tsevq_mux);
 		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->lock, flags);
 
@@ -151,10 +153,8 @@ ssize_t ptp_read(struct posix_clock *pc,
 
 	mutex_unlock(&ptp->tsevq_mux);
 
-	if (copy_to_user(buf, event, cnt)) {
-		mutex_unlock(&ptp->tsevq_mux);
+	if (copy_to_user(buf, event, cnt))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	}
 
 	return cnt;
 }
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