Re: [PATCH net-next V3] ptp: fix corrupted list in ptp_open

[Richard Cochran]

On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 04:18:44PM -0700, Richard Cochran wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 09:15:03PM +0800, Edward Adam Davis wrote:
> > There is no lock protection when writing ptp->tsevqs in ptp_open(),
> > ptp_release(), which can cause data corruption, use mutex lock to avoid this
> > issue.
> 
> The problem is the bogus call to ptp_release() in ptp_read().
> 
> Just delete that.

Like this...

diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
index 282cd7d24077..27c1ef493617 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
@@ -585,7 +585,5 @@ ssize_t ptp_read(struct posix_clock_context *pccontext, uint rdflags,
 free_event:
 	kfree(event);
 exit:
-	if (result < 0)
-		ptp_release(pccontext);
 	return result;
 }