[PATCH] Correct memory hotplug locking

Nathan Fontenot nfont at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Apr 8 00:53:46 AEST 2015


Memory dlpar handling can return from dlpar_memory() without releasing the
device_hotplug lock. Correct this routine to ensure the lock is released.

This patch applies on top of my previous updates to memory hotplug:
https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2015-February/124804.html

Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c |   11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
index 742ef88..5cefcad 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
@@ -562,13 +562,15 @@ int dlpar_memory(struct pseries_hp_errorlog *hp_elog)
 	lock_device_hotplug();
 
 	dn = of_find_node_by_path("/ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory");
-	if (!dn)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!dn) {
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto dlpar_memory_out;
+	}
 
 	prop = dlpar_clone_drconf_property(dn);
 	if (!prop) {
-		of_node_put(dn);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto dlpar_memory_out;
 	}
 
 	switch (hp_elog->action) {
@@ -599,6 +601,7 @@ int dlpar_memory(struct pseries_hp_errorlog *hp_elog)
 	else
 		dlpar_update_drconf_property(dn, prop);
 
+dlpar_memory_out:
 	of_node_put(dn);
 	unlock_device_hotplug();
 	return rc;



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