From 96b19062e741b715cf399312c30e0672d8889569 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Richter Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 15:01:09 +0100 Subject: firewire: fix "kobject_add failed for fw* with -EEXIST" There is a race between shutdown and creation of devices: fw-core may attempt to add a device with the same name of an already existing device. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9828 Impact of the bug: Happens rarely (when shutdown of a device coincides with creation of another), forces the user to unplug and replug the new device to get it working. The fix is obvious: Free the minor number *after* instead of *before* device_unregister(). This requires to take an additional reference of the fw_device as long as the IDR tree points to it. And while we are at it, we fix an additional race condition: fw_device_op_open() took its reference of the fw_device a little bit too late, hence was in danger to access an already invalid fw_device. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter --- drivers/firewire/fw-device.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/firewire/fw-device.h') diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h index 0854fe2bc11..43808c02793 100644 --- a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h +++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h @@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ fw_device_is_shutdown(struct fw_device *device) } struct fw_device *fw_device_get(struct fw_device *device); +struct fw_device *fw_device_get_by_devt(dev_t devt); void fw_device_put(struct fw_device *device); int fw_device_enable_phys_dma(struct fw_device *device); void fw_device_cdev_update(struct fw_device *device); void fw_device_cdev_remove(struct fw_device *device); -struct fw_device *fw_device_from_devt(dev_t devt); extern int fw_cdev_major; struct fw_unit { -- cgit v1.2.3