netdev - [PATCH] Fix missing mutex

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Date:	Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:26:36 -0500
From:	mjr@...wisc.edu
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	sboyd@...eaurora.org, ben@...tec.co.uk, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Matt Renzelmann <mjr@...wisc.edu>
Subject: [PATCH] Fix missing mutex_lock/unlock

From: Matt Renzelmann <mjr@...wisc.edu>

All calls to ks8851_rdreg* and ks8851_wrreg* should be protected
with the driver's lock mutex.  A spurious interrupt may otherwise cause a
crash.

Signed-off-by: Matt Renzelmann <mjr@...wisc.edu>
---
Hello,

I'm new to the kernel development process so I hope I've not screwed
this up with this extra text.  We found a potential issue using a new
driver testing tool called SymDrive.  It looks legitimate to me, so
I'm reporting it.  We hope to make this tool available in the future.
Please let me know if I should modify the patch or re-send without
this commentary.  Thanks in advance for your patience.

 drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
index c722aa6..fa2001a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
@@ -1515,11 +1515,15 @@ static int __devinit ks8851_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 		goto err_netdev;
 	}

+	mutex_lock(&ks->lock);
+
 	netdev_info(ndev, "revision %d, MAC %pM, IRQ %d, %s EEPROM\n",
 		    CIDER_REV_GET(ks8851_rdreg16(ks, KS_CIDER)),
 		    ndev->dev_addr, ndev->irq,
 		    ks->rc_ccr & CCR_EEPROM ? "has" : "no");

+	mutex_unlock(&ks->lock);
+
 	return 0;

-- 
1.7.5.4

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