linux-kernel - RE: [EXT] [PATCH] mwifiex: fix unbalanced locking in mwifiex_process_country

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Date:   Tue, 7 Jan 2020 05:45:54 +0000
From:   Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi.bhat@....com>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
        Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        huangwen <huangwenabc@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [EXT] [PATCH] mwifiex: fix unbalanced locking in
 mwifiex_process_country_ie()

Hi Brian,

> We called rcu_read_lock(), so we need to call rcu_read_unlock() before we
> return.

Right; I should have at least checked the previous *return* statements in the same function; 

Thanks for the fix;

Acked-by: Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi.bhat@....com>

Regards,
Ganapathi