# \[PATCH 1/2\] \[RESEND\] ps3: vuart: fix error path locking

- From: Daniel Walker \<hidden\>
- Date: 2007-12-16 18:31:46 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2007/12/1037072
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/lkml/2007/12/1037072/t.md

```text
This stray down would cause a permanent sleep which doesn't seem correct. 
The other uses of this semaphore appear fairly mutex like it's even initialized
with init_MUTEX() ..  So here a patch for removing this one down().

Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <redacted>

---
 drivers/ps3/ps3-vuart.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/ps3/ps3-vuart.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/ps3/ps3-vuart.c
+++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/ps3/ps3-vuart.c
@@ -1072,7 +1072,6 @@ static int ps3_vuart_probe(struct ps3_sy
 	if (result) {
 		dev_dbg(&dev->core, "%s:%d: drv->probe failed\n",
 			__func__, __LINE__);
-		down(&vuart_bus_priv.probe_mutex);
 		goto fail_probe;
 	}
 

-- 
```