HI,

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:51:37AM +0400, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> r8a66597_irq() processes sudmac part (r8a66597_sudmac_irq()) before locking 
> r8a66597->lock.
> But transfer_complete(), that is called inside 
> (r8a66597_sudmac_irq()->sudmac_finish()->transfer_complete()),
> expects r8a66597->lock is locked. As a result unheld spinlock can be unlocked.
> 
> The patch just moves locking before calling r8a66597_sudmac_irq().
> 
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshi...@ispras.ru>

should this go to stable ? Looks like this bug has been there since
2.6.32.

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balbi

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