linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] e1000e: fix mismatch in mutex lock-unlock in e1000_reset_hw

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Date:	Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:44:39 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
Cc:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	Alex Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000e: fix mismatch in mutex lock-unlock in
 e1000_reset_hw_82571()

On Thu, 2013-04-18 at 22:15 -0700, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> If e1000_get_hw_semaphore_82574() succeed, it acquires swflag_mutex,
> otherwise it does not. But the returned value of
> e1000_get_hw_semaphore_82574() is ignored, so unlocking of
> swflag_mutex
> happens anyway.
> 
> The patch fixes the issue by breaking reset if MIC ownership is not
> acquired.
> 
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/82571.c |    4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 

Thanks Alexey, I have added your patch to my queue.

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