linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix unbalanced mutex unlock

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Message-ID: <20101027205043.GG3194@thunk.org>
Date:	Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:50:43 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix unbalanced mutex unlock

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 01:15:34AM +0200, Nicolas Kaiser wrote:
> Although the mutex isn't locked yet, if ext4_li_request_new
> fails, the mutex would get unlocked on the error path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>

Nice catch, thanks!!  I've applied a fix to the ext4 patch queue.

     	    	      	   	   - Ted
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