Re: [PATCH] rocket: Fix mutex locking compile warning

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Jul 11 2007 - 21:28:17 EST


On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:56:32 +0200
Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This fixes
>
> drivers/char/rocket.c: In function ârp_writeâ:
> drivers/char/rocket.c:1705: warning: ignoring return value of âmutex_lock_interruptibleâ, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Index: bu3sch-wireless-dev/drivers/char/rocket.c
> ===================================================================
> --- bu3sch-wireless-dev.orig/drivers/char/rocket.c 2007-05-18 18:09:48.000000000 +0200
> +++ bu3sch-wireless-dev/drivers/char/rocket.c 2007-07-12 01:52:44.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1702,7 +1702,8 @@ static int rp_write(struct tty_struct *t
> if (count <= 0 || rocket_paranoia_check(info, "rp_write"))
> return 0;
>
> - mutex_lock_interruptible(&info->write_mtx);
> + if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&info->write_mtx))
> + return -ERESTARTSYS;
>
> #ifdef ROCKET_DEBUG_WRITE
> printk(KERN_INFO "rp_write %d chars...", count);
>

Thanks, I already have this queued as
rocketc-fix-unchecked-mutex_lock_interruptible.patch
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