fixed incorrect spinlock use in hysdn_log_close(). the function
declared a spinlock on the stack and used it to 'protect' a shared
driver structure. the patch removes the declaration of hysdn_lock and
uses card->hysdn_lock instead.
Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <[email protected]>
---
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_proclog.c b/drivers/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_proclog.c
index f7e83a8..32f0b75 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_proclog.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_proclog.c
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ hysdn_log_close(struct inode *ino, struct file *filep)
hysdn_card *card;
int retval = 0;
unsigned long flags;
- spinlock_t hysdn_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
lock_kernel();
if ((filep->f_mode & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE)) == FMODE_WRITE) {
@@ -309,7 +308,7 @@ hysdn_log_close(struct inode *ino, struct file *filep)
/* read access -> log/debug read, mark one further file as closed */
pd = NULL;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&hysdn_lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&card->hysdn_lock, flags);
inf = *((struct log_data **) filep->private_data); /* get first log entry */
if (inf)
pd = (struct procdata *) inf->proc_ctrl; /* still entries there */
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ hysdn_log_close(struct inode *ino, struct file *filep)
inf->usage_cnt--; /* decrement usage count for buffers */
inf = inf->next;
}
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hysdn_lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->hysdn_lock, flags);
if (pd)
if (pd->if_used <= 0) /* delete buffers if last file closed */
--
Matthias Kaehlcke
Linux Application Developer
Barcelona
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