From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> In some error handling cases the lock is not unlocked. The return is converted to a goto, to share the unlock at the end of the function. A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r exists@ expression E1; identifier f; @@ f (...) { <+... * spin_lock_irq (E1,...); ... when != E1 * return ...; ...+> } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> LKML-Reference: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1003291736440.21896@ask.diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index d1187ef..9a0f9bf 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -1209,18 +1209,19 @@ rb_remove_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, unsigned nr_pages) for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) { if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, list_empty(cpu_buffer->pages))) - return; + goto out; p = cpu_buffer->pages->next; bpage = list_entry(p, struct buffer_page, list); list_del_init(&bpage->list); free_buffer_page(bpage); } if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, list_empty(cpu_buffer->pages))) - return; + goto out; rb_reset_cpu(cpu_buffer); rb_check_pages(cpu_buffer); +out: spin_unlock_irq(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock); } @@ -1237,7 +1238,7 @@ rb_insert_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) { if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, list_empty(pages))) - return; + goto out; p = pages->next; bpage = list_entry(p, struct buffer_page, list); list_del_init(&bpage->list); @@ -1246,6 +1247,7 @@ rb_insert_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, rb_reset_cpu(cpu_buffer); rb_check_pages(cpu_buffer); +out: spin_unlock_irq(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock); } -- 1.7.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/