[PATCH] hwspinlock/core: Fix unbalanced module_get on error path

Ido Yariv ido at wizery.com
Wed Dec 12 15:24:57 EST 2012


In case pm_runtime_get_sync() fails, __hwspin_lock_request will exit
without calling module_put. As a result, the module could never be
removed. Fix this.

Signed-off-by: Ido Yariv <ido at wizery.com>
---
 drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
index db713c0..085e28e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ static int __hwspin_lock_request(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
 	/* notify PM core that power is now needed */
 	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		module_put(dev->driver->owner);
 		dev_err(dev, "%s: can't power on device\n", __func__);
 		return ret;
 	}
-- 
1.7.7.6




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