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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c index 4deb04bc2a7..f2b2983fe06 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c @@ -1633,13 +1633,16 @@ static void uvc_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf) * reference to the uvc_device instance after uvc_v4l2_open() received * the pointer to the device (video_devdata) but before it got the * chance to increase the reference count (kref_get). + * + * Note that the reference can't be released with the lock held, + * otherwise a AB-BA deadlock can occur with videodev_lock that + * videodev acquires in videodev_open() and video_unregister_device(). */ mutex_lock(&uvc_driver.open_mutex); - dev->state |= UVC_DEV_DISCONNECTED; - kref_put(&dev->kref, uvc_delete); - mutex_unlock(&uvc_driver.open_mutex); + + kref_put(&dev->kref, uvc_delete); } static int uvc_suspend(struct usb_interface *intf, pm_message_t message) |