From: Andrew de Quincey Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 12:41:47 +0000 (-0300) Subject: V4L/DVB (3725): Fix mutex in dvb_register_device to work. X-Git-Tag: v2.6.17-rc5~31^2~31 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f47f4763cde162656448fcd1ada9d5e8101a00d2;p=linux-2.6 V4L/DVB (3725): Fix mutex in dvb_register_device to work. This mutex is meant to stop two devices getting the same ID. dvbdev_get_free_id() scans the list of already allocated devices to find a free id. Unfortunately, since the mutex is unlocked before the card is added to the above list, it is still possible for two of them to get the same id. Its debatable whether this mutex lock is actually needed, but I'm unwilling to just remove it in case something does depend on it. Signed-off-by: Andrew de Quincey Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c index 96fe0ecae2..3852430d02 100644 --- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c @@ -219,8 +219,6 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev, return -ENOMEM; } - mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock); - memcpy(dvbdev, template, sizeof(struct dvb_device)); dvbdev->type = type; dvbdev->id = id; @@ -231,6 +229,8 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev, list_add_tail (&dvbdev->list_head, &adap->device_list); + mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock); + devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(DVB_MAJOR, nums2minor(adap->num, type, id)), S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, "dvb/adapter%d/%s%d", adap->num, dnames[type], id);