netdev - Re: [PATCH v2.6.26] gianfar: Fix a locking bug in gianfar's sysfs code

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Message-ID: <482084A4.5020509@pobox.com>
Date:	Tue, 06 May 2008 12:17:40 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Andy Fleming <afleming@...escale.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2.6.26] gianfar: Fix a locking bug in gianfar's sysfs
 code

Andy Fleming wrote:
> During sparse cleanup, found a locking bug.  Some of the sysfs functions were
> acquiring a lock, and then returning in the event of an error.  We rearrange
> the code so that the lock is released in error conditions, too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Fleming <afleming@...escale.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/gianfar.c       |    5 +++--
>  drivers/net/gianfar.h       |    3 +++
>  drivers/net/gianfar_sysfs.c |   10 ++++++----
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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