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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
index 0246a2b8ce4..c816656d6bf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
struct ipmi_file_private
{
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ static int ipmi_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
if (!priv)
return -ENOMEM;
+ lock_kernel();
priv->file = file;
rv = ipmi_create_user(if_num,
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ static int ipmi_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
&(priv->user));
if (rv) {
kfree(priv);
- return rv;
+ goto out;
}
file->private_data = priv;
@@ -144,7 +146,9 @@ static int ipmi_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
priv->default_retries = -1;
priv->default_retry_time_ms = 0;
- return 0;
+out:
+ unlock_kernel();
+ return rv;
}
static int ipmi_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)