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authorHarshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com>2023-11-13 12:07:38 -0800
committerIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>2023-11-15 14:32:27 +0200
commit5736aa9537c9b8927dec32d3d47c8c31fe560f62 (patch)
treea13cfd797a11bd9c1dc3e8d833a2a9773c4ce525
parentc5dbf04160005e07e8ca7232a7faa77ab1547ae0 (diff)
downloadlinux-5736aa9537c9b8927dec32d3d47c8c31fe560f62.tar.gz
platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: move mutex_lock() down in hp_add_other_attributes()
attr_name_kobj's memory allocation is done with mutex_lock() held, this is not needed. Move allocation outside of mutex_lock() so unlock is not needed when allocation fails. Suggested-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231113200742.3593548-2-harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c10
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c
index 10676e1abc28c9..a3599498c4e818 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c
@@ -592,13 +592,11 @@ static int hp_add_other_attributes(int attr_type)
int ret;
char *attr_name;
- mutex_lock(&bioscfg_drv.mutex);
-
attr_name_kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr_name_kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!attr_name_kobj) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto err_other_attr_init;
- }
+ if (!attr_name_kobj)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ mutex_lock(&bioscfg_drv.mutex);
/* Check if attribute type is supported */
switch (attr_type) {