drivers/char/ppdev -

[Shuah Khan]

Hi Sudip,

While looking at atomic_t usages and noticed a few potential
problem the way struct pp_struct: atomic_t irqc field

- There is inconsistencies the lock hold in this driver.

pp_do_mutex is help before pp_do_ioctl() is called.
static int pp_do_ioctl()
....

pp_do_mutex
       case PPCLRIRQ:
                ret = atomic_read(&pp->irqc);
                if (copy_to_user(argp, &ret, sizeof(ret)))
                        return -EFAULT;
                atomic_sub(ret, &pp->irqc);
                return 0;

This path seems safe as far as atomic_t overflow is concerned.

However, pp_poll(), pp_irq(), and pp_open() etc. don't hold
lock while pp_do_ioctl() path does.

Something to look into to see if this is safe. I see this
comment for pp_poll() /* No kernel lock held - fine */

Anyway, please take a look and see if this is indeed a problem.

thanks,
-- Shuah