[2.6.38-rc8, patch] fix hci_dev_list locking

[Daniel J Blueman]

No response from original post, and it missed getting taken into -rc7
and -rc8, so repost:

Release acquired lock on error path, fixing potential hang up.

Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
index f827fd9..ace8726 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
@@ -111,8 +111,10 @@ static int read_index_list(struct sock *sk)

 	body_len = sizeof(*ev) + sizeof(*rp) + (2 * count);
 	skb = alloc_skb(sizeof(*hdr) + body_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!skb)
+	if (!skb) {
+		read_unlock(&hci_dev_list_lock);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}

 	hdr = (void *) skb_put(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
 	hdr->opcode = cpu_to_le16(MGMT_EV_CMD_COMPLETE);--
-- 
Daniel J Blueman
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