Category: Linux

sound: Add missing spin_unlock

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Add a spin_unlock missing on the error path. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1; @@ * spin_lock(E1,…); * spin_unlock(E1,…); // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai — sound/mips/au1x00.c | 1 + sound/oss/dmasound/dmasound_atari.c | 5 +++– 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) …

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Staging: vme: bridges: Add missing unlocks

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Add a spin_unlock and mutex_unlock missing on the error path. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1; @@ * spin_lock(E1,…); * spin_unlock(E1,…); // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Martyn Welch Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman — drivers/staging/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 …

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fs/ocfs2/dlm: Add missing spin_unlock

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Add a spin_unlock missing on the error path. Unlock as in the other code that leads to the leave label. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1; @@ * spin_lock(E1,…); * spin_unlock(E1,…); // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Joel Becker — fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c | 1 …

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fs/xfs/quota: Add missing mutex_unlock

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Add a mutex_unlock missing on the error path. The use of this lock is balanced elsewhere in the file. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1; @@ * mutex_lock(E1,…); * mutex_unlock(E1,…); // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Alex Elder — fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c | 4 +++- …

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KVM: ia64: Add missing spin_unlock in kvm_arch_hardware_enable()

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Add a spin_unlock missing on the error path. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1; @@ * spin_lock(E1,…); * spin_unlock(E1,…); // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity — arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)   diff –git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c index …

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fs: Add missing mutex_unlock

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Add a mutex_unlock missing on the error path. At other exists from the function that return an error flag, the mutex is unlocked, so do the same here. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1; @@ * mutex_lock(E1,…); * mutex_unlock(E1,…); // Signed-off-by: Julia …

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net/iucv: Add missing spin_unlock

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Add a spin_unlock missing on the error path. There seems like no reason why the lock should continue to be held if the kzalloc fail. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1; @@ * spin_lock(E1,…); * spin_unlock(E1,…); // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: David …

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drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN: Add missing spin_unlock

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Add a spin_unlock missing on the error path. The return value of write_reg seems to be completely ignored, so it seems that the lock should be released in every case. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1; @@ * spin_lock(E1,…); * spin_unlock(E1,…); // …

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net/rds: Add missing mutex_unlock

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Add a mutex_unlock missing on the error path. In each case, whenever the label out is reached from elsewhere in the function, mutex is not locked. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1; @@ * mutex_lock(E1); * mutex_unlock(E1); // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Reviewed-by: …

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crypto: Use ERR_CAST

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Use ERR_CAST(x) rather than ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x)). The former makes more clear what is the purpose of the operation, which otherwise looks like a no-op. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ type T; T x; identifier f; @@ T f (…) { } @@ expression x; …

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