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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/hid/hidraw.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/hid/hidraw.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c index 93e62b161501..e63c56a0d57f 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c @@ -272,7 +272,12 @@ static int hidraw_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) goto out; } - down_read(&minors_rwsem); + /* + * Technically not writing to the hidraw_table but a write lock is + * required to protect the device refcount. This is symmetrical to + * hidraw_release(). + */ + down_write(&minors_rwsem); if (!hidraw_table[minor] || !hidraw_table[minor]->exist) { err = -ENODEV; goto out_unlock; @@ -301,7 +306,7 @@ static int hidraw_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hidraw_table[minor]->list_lock, flags); file->private_data = list; out_unlock: - up_read(&minors_rwsem); + up_write(&minors_rwsem); out: if (err < 0) kfree(list); |