linux-kernel - [PATCH] bnx2fc: Fix locking requirements in bnx2fc_init

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Date:	Tue,  5 Apr 2016 10:36:46 -0400
From:	Bastien Philbert <bastienphilbert@...il.com>
To:	QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...gic.com
Cc:	jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] bnx2fc: Fix locking requirements in bnx2fc_init_tgt

This fixes the locking around the call to bnx2fc_alloc_id to comply
with the comments about this particular function's definition about
requiring the need to hold the hba mutex before and after calling 
it.
Signed-off-by: Bastien Philbert <bastienphilbert@...il.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_tgt.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_tgt.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_tgt.c
index 08ec318..f2988cd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_tgt.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_tgt.c
@@ -368,9 +368,13 @@ static int bnx2fc_init_tgt(struct bnx2fc_rport *tgt,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&hba->hba_mutex);
 	tgt->fcoe_conn_id = bnx2fc_alloc_conn_id(hba, tgt);
-	if (tgt->fcoe_conn_id == -1)
+	if (tgt->fcoe_conn_id == -1) {
+		mutex_unlock(&hba->hba_mutex);
 		return -1;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&hba->hba_mutex);
 
 	BNX2FC_TGT_DBG(tgt, "init_tgt - conn_id = 0x%x\n", tgt->fcoe_conn_id);
 
-- 
2.5.0