[tip PATCH V2] futex: fix futex_wait_setup key handling

From: Darren Hart
Date: Fri Apr 10 2009 - 12:50:28 EST


If the get_futex_key() call were to fail, the existing code would
try and put_futex_key() prior to returning. This patch makes sure
we only put_futex_key() if get_futex_key() succeeded.

Please apply to -rt and to tip:/core/futexes.

Reported-by: Clark Williams <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---

kernel/futex.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 185c981..47520d2 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ retry:
q->key = FUTEX_KEY_INIT;
ret = get_futex_key(uaddr, fshared, &q->key);
if (unlikely(ret != 0))
- goto out;
+ return ret;

retry_private:
*hb = queue_lock(q);

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