linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: don't release cred_guard

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Message-ID: <20170603033903.12056-1-alexander.levin@verizon.com>
Date:   Sat, 3 Jun 2017 03:39:13 +0000
From:   "Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)" <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
To:     "peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     "mingo@...nel.org" <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "bigeasy@...utronix.de" <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        "rostedt@...dmis.org" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        "mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com" <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        "mhiramat@...nel.org" <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)" <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: don't release cred_guard_mutex if
 not taken

From: Alexander Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>

If we failed to acquire task's cred_guard_mutex we shouldn't proceed
to release it in the error path.

Fixes: a63fbed776c ("perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order")
Signed-off-by: Alexander Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 8d6acaeeea17..8e8323c6036b 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -9878,7 +9878,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 	if (task) {
 		err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
 		if (err)
-			goto err_cred;
+			goto err_task;
 
 		/*
 		 * Reuse ptrace permission checks for now.
-- 
2.11.0