linux-kernel - [ 73/95] media: staging: lirc_serial: Fix deadlock on resume failure

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Message-Id: <20120309190208.204133426@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:03:15 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>
Subject: [ 73/95] media: staging: lirc_serial: Fix deadlock on resume failure

3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>

commit 1ff1d88e862948ae5bfe490248c023ff8ac2855d upstream.

A resume function cannot remove the device it is resuming!

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>


---
 drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_serial.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_serial.c
@@ -1127,10 +1127,8 @@ static int lirc_serial_resume(struct pla
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (hardware_init_port() < 0) {
-		lirc_serial_exit();
+	if (hardware_init_port() < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hardware[type].lock, flags);
 	/* Enable Interrupt */


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