netdev - Re: [PATCH net] rxrpc: Don't release call mutex on error pointer

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Date:   Sun, 22 Oct 2017 03:06:24 +0100 (WEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dhowells@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] rxrpc: Don't release call mutex on error pointer

From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:01:22 +0100

> Don't release call mutex at the end of rxrpc_kernel_begin_call() if the
> call pointer actually holds an error value.
> 
> Fixes: 540b1c48c37a ("rxrpc: Fix deadlock between call creation and sendmsg/recvmsg")
> Reported-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks David.