Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | | Subject | [PATCH] loop: fix double BKL lock | | Date | Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:54:59 +0200 |
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Patch 6e9624b8c "block: push down BKL into .open and .release" accidentally introduced an extra lock_kernel() instead of unlock_kernel(). Because of the recursiveness and release-while-sleeping properties of the BKL, this did not do much harm, but is incorrect nonetheless.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> ---
Please apply before 2.6.36
drivers/block/loop.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index 91797bb..d311e38 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ static int lo_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) out: mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex); out_unlocked: - lock_kernel(); + unlock_kernel(); return 0; } -- 1.7.1
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