Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 1 author, 2008-10-21
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[PATCH 4/4] HID: hiddev, fix lock imbalance

From: Jiri Slaby <hidden>
Date: 2008-10-21 21:28:51
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Subsystem: hid core layer, the rest, usb hid/hidbp drivers (usb keyboards, mice, remote controls, ...) · Maintainers: Jiri Kosina, Benjamin Tissoires, Linus Torvalds

Don't forget to unlock_kernel() in hiddev_ioctl_usage().
Added in 7961df16819085b8a357720d89d0239036e6af2a
(HID: Switch hiddev to unlocked_ioctl).

Corresponing sparse warning:
drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c:515:10: warning: context imbalance in 'hiddev_ioctl_usage': wrong count at exit
drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c:515:10:    context 'kernel_lock': wanted 0, got 1

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <redacted>
---
 drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
index babd65d..3ac3207 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
@@ -436,8 +436,7 @@ static noinline int hiddev_ioctl_usage(struct hiddev *hiddev, unsigned int cmd,
 		if (copy_to_user(user_arg, uref, sizeof(*uref)))
 			goto fault;
 
-		kfree(uref_multi);
-		return 0;
+		goto goodreturn;
 
 	default:
 		if (cmd != HIDIOCGUSAGE &&
-- 
1.6.0.2
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