linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pohmelfs/dir.c: Remove unneeded mutex_unlock() from pohmelfs

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Message-ID: <20110120155228.GB28815@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:52:28 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
Cc:	Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Ruslan Pisarev <ruslan@...sarev.org.ua>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pohmelfs/dir.c: Remove unneeded mutex_unlock() from
 pohmelfs_rename()

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 01:51:13PM +0300, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:13:44AM +0300, Alexey Khoroshilov (khoroshilov@...ras.ru) wrote:
> > I do not see any reason for the mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); in
> > pohmelfs_rename().
> > 
> > 
> > Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
> 
> Yes, that's a bug, we already unlocked i_mutex in common path and should
> not do that on error.
> 
> Thank you. Greg, please apply.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
> 
> Acked-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>

Great, I'll queue it up with the next round of patches.

greg k-h
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