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Subject[PATCH] vmw_balloon: release lock on error in vmballoon_reset()
We added some locking to this function but forgot to drop the lock on
these two error paths. This bug would lead to an immediate deadlock.

Fixes: c7b3690fb152 ("vmw_balloon: stats rework")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
---
drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
index 6542a7711cac..ad807d5a3141 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ static void vmballoon_reset(struct vmballoon *b)
vmballoon_pop(b);

if (vmballoon_send_start(b, VMW_BALLOON_CAPABILITIES))
- return;
+ goto unlock;

if ((b->capabilities & VMW_BALLOON_BATCHED_CMDS) != 0) {
if (vmballoon_init_batching(b)) {
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ static void vmballoon_reset(struct vmballoon *b)
* The guest will retry in one second.
*/
vmballoon_send_start(b, 0);
- return;
+ goto unlock;
}
} else if ((b->capabilities & VMW_BALLOON_BASIC_CMDS) != 0) {
vmballoon_deinit_batching(b);
@@ -1357,6 +1357,7 @@ static void vmballoon_reset(struct vmballoon *b)
if (vmballoon_send_guest_id(b))
pr_err("failed to send guest ID to the host\n");

+unlock:
up_write(&b->conf_sem);
}

--
2.17.1
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