linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] unlock before bug returns

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Date:	Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:49:52 +0200
From:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>
To:	Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl>
CC:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] unlock before bug returns

On 10/22/2007 02:40 PM, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> On 10/22/07, Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl> wrote:
>> diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
>> index cfa6be4..20c58dc 100644
>> --- a/mm/slab.c
>> +++ b/mm/slab.c
>> @@ -1606,8 +1606,10 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
>>                 struct kmem_cache *cachep;
>>                 mutex_lock(&cache_chain_mutex);
>>                 list_for_each_entry(cachep, &cache_chain, next)
>> -                       if (enable_cpucache(cachep))
>> +                       if (enable_cpucache(cachep)) {
>> +                               mutex_unlock(&cache_chain_mutex);
>>                                 BUG();
>> +                       }
>>                 mutex_unlock(&cache_chain_mutex);
>>         }
> 
> NAK. This will cause double-unlock when CONFIG_BUG is disabled. It's
> incorrect to assume that BUG() will always terminate the current
> process.

(which by the way also means that the "return;" delete from your original 
patch changes behaviour for !CONFIG_BUG, and probably not for the better).

Rene.

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