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driver core: Release device_hotplug_lock when store_mem_state returns EINVAL 

When inserting a wrong value to /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/state file,
following messages are shown. And device_hotplug_lock is never released.

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[ BUG: lock held when returning to user space! ]
3.12.0-rc4-debug+ #3 Tainted: G        W
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bash/6442 is leaving the kernel with locks still held!
1 lock held by bash/6442:
 #0:  (device_hotplug_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8146cbb5>] lock_device_hotplug_sysfs+0x15/0x50

This issue was introdued by commit fa2be40 (drivers: base: use standard
device online/offline for state change).

This patch releases device_hotplug_lcok when store_mem_state returns EINVAL.

Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>
CC: Seth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
This commit is contained in:
Yasuaki Ishimatsu 2013-10-11 15:36:25 +09:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 15c03dd485
commit a37f86305c
1 changed files with 5 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -333,8 +333,10 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev,
online_type = ONLINE_KEEP;
else if (!strncmp(buf, "offline", min_t(int, count, 7)))
online_type = -1;
else
return -EINVAL;
else {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto err;
}
switch (online_type) {
case ONLINE_KERNEL:
@ -357,6 +359,7 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev,
ret = -EINVAL; /* should never happen */
}
err:
unlock_device_hotplug();
if (ret)