linux-kernel - [PATCH block/for-linus] blkcg: fix double unlock in blkcg_policy

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:06:34 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH block/for-linus] blkcg: fix double unlock in
 blkcg_policy_register() error path

06b285bd1125 ("blkcg: fix blkcg_policy_data allocation bug")
introduced double unlock of blkcg_pol_mutx on allocation failure path.
Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Fixes: 06b285bd1125 ("blkcg: fix blkcg_policy_data allocation bug")
---
 block/blk-cgroup.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 9da02c0..24fb729 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -1187,10 +1187,8 @@ int blkcg_policy_register(struct blkcg_policy *pol)
 			struct blkcg_policy_data *cpd;
 
 			cpd = kzalloc(pol->cpd_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!cpd) {
-				mutex_unlock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
+			if (!cpd)
 				goto err_free_cpds;
-			}
 
 			blkcg->pd[pol->plid] = cpd;
 			cpd->plid = pol->plid;
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