[linux-dvb] [PATCH] dvb-core: Fix several locking related problems.

[Simon Arlott]

On 24/02/07 18:48, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> Simon Arlott wrote:
>> @@ -673,13 +672,8 @@ static int dvb_demux_open(struct inode *
>>  static int dvb_dmxdev_filter_free(struct dmxdev *dmxdev,
>>  				  struct dmxdev_filter *dmxdevfilter)
>>  {
>> -	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dmxdev->mutex))
>> -		return -ERESTARTSYS;
>> -
>> -	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dmxdevfilter->mutex)) {
>> -		mutex_unlock(&dmxdev->mutex);
>> -		return -ERESTARTSYS;
>> -	}
>> +	mutex_lock(&dmxdev->mutex);
>> +	mutex_lock_interruptible(&dmxdevfilter->mutex);
> 
> Assuming that the rest of the patch is OK, shouldn't this be a
> mutex_lock(), too, if the return value will be ignored?

Argh. Sorry, I accidentally reverted my changes and quickly went through them all again so yes, it should have been mutex_lock(). I should now change that on my running copy... which has somehow kept working.

> Regards,
> Andreas
> 
> 
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Simon Arlott

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