[PATCH v2] USB: usb-skeleton.c: fix compilation error and restore kref_put on fail in skel_open

Constantine Shulyupin const at MakeLinux.com
Wed Oct 10 06:32:54 EDT 2012


From: Constantine Shulyupin <const at MakeLinux.com>

Function skel_open increments usage count for the device with kref_get and the usage count should be decremented on the function failure.

Some last changes in function skel_open and finally commit
52a7499 Revert "USB: usb-skeleton.c: fix open/disconnect race"
introduced a bug in function skel_open, which this patch fixes.

--
Changelog:
-- Fixed accordinly feedback of Oliver Neukum oneukum at suse.de: also need to drop the lock.

Signed-off-by: Constantine Shulyupin <const at MakeLinux.com>
---
 drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c b/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
index 0616f23..2025d03 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ static int skel_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	mutex_lock(&dev->io_mutex);
 
 	retval = usb_autopm_get_interface(interface);
-	if (retval)
-		goto out_err;
+	if (retval) {
+		kref_put(&dev->kref, skel_delete);
+	}
 
 	/* save our object in the file's private structure */
 	file->private_data = dev;
-- 
1.7.9.5




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