Lets fix a race between mutex_is_lock() and mutex_lock().
<-mutex is not locked
if (!mutex_is_locked(&ictx->lock)) {
unlock = true; <- mutex is locked externaly
mutex_lock(&ictx->lock);
}
Let's use mutex_trylock() that does mutex_is_lock() and mutex_lock()
atomically.
Fix the following cocci warning:
drivers/media/rc/imon.c:1167:1-7: preceding lock on line 1153
Fixes:
23ef710e1a6c ("[media] imon: add conditional locking in change_protocol")
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl>
memcpy(ictx->usb_tx_buf, &ir_proto_packet, sizeof(ir_proto_packet));
- if (!mutex_is_locked(&ictx->lock)) {
- unlock = true;
- mutex_lock(&ictx->lock);
- }
+ unlock = mutex_trylock(&ictx->lock);
retval = send_packet(ictx);
if (retval)