* [PATCH] fix idr locking in rtc class
@ 2006-06-27 0:19 Sonny Rao
2006-06-27 6:55 ` Alessandro Zummo
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sonny Rao @ 2006-06-27 0:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel, akpm; +Cc: a.zummo
We need to serialize access to the global rtc_idr even in this error path.
Signed-off-by: Sonny Rao <sonny@burdell.org>
--- linux-2.6.17/drivers/rtc/class.c~orig 2006-06-26 19:10:44.738511816 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.17/drivers/rtc/class.c 2006-06-26 19:12:22.008724496 -0500
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ exit_kfree:
kfree(rtc);
exit_idr:
+ mutex_lock(&idr_lock);
idr_remove(&rtc_idr, id);
+ mutex_unlock(&idr_lock);
exit:
dev_err(dev, "rtc core: unable to register %s, err = %d\n",
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* Re: [PATCH] fix idr locking in rtc class
2006-06-27 0:19 [PATCH] fix idr locking in rtc class Sonny Rao
@ 2006-06-27 6:55 ` Alessandro Zummo
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Alessandro Zummo @ 2006-06-27 6:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sonny Rao; +Cc: linux-kernel, akpm
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:19:51 -0400
Sonny Rao <sonny@burdell.org> wrote:
thanks for spotting this.
Signed-off-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
> We need to serialize access to the global rtc_idr even in this error path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sonny Rao <sonny@burdell.org>
>
> --- linux-2.6.17/drivers/rtc/class.c~orig 2006-06-26 19:10:44.738511816 -0500
> +++ linux-2.6.17/drivers/rtc/class.c 2006-06-26 19:12:22.008724496 -0500
> @@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ exit_kfree:
> kfree(rtc);
>
> exit_idr:
> + mutex_lock(&idr_lock);
> idr_remove(&rtc_idr, id);
> + mutex_unlock(&idr_lock);
>
> exit:
> dev_err(dev, "rtc core: unable to register %s, err = %d\n",
--
Best regards,
Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy
http://www.towertech.it
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