linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] HID: hidraw: open count should not increase if error

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Date:	Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:43:17 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Amit Nagal <helloin.amit@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] HID: hidraw: open count should not increase if
 error

On Tue, 27 Sep 2011, Amit Nagal wrote:

> In hidraw_open, if hid_hw_power returns with error,
> hidraw device open count should not increase.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amit Nagal <helloin.amit@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/hidraw.c |    4 +++-
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
> index c841a8e..09bbcc9 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
> @@ -271,8 +271,10 @@ static int hidraw_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  	dev = hidraw_table[minor];
>  	if (!dev->open++) {
>  		err = hid_hw_power(dev->hid, PM_HINT_FULLON);
> -		if (err < 0)
> +		if (err < 0) {
> +			dev->open--;
>  			goto out_unlock;
> +		}
>  
>  		err = hid_hw_open(dev->hid);
>  		if (err < 0) {

Good catch, thanks. Applied.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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