Don't release call mutex at the end of rxrpc_kernel_begin_call() if the call pointer actually holds an error value.
Fixes: 540b1c48c37a ("rxrpc: Fix deadlock between call creation and sendmsg/recvmsg") Reported-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dio...@auristor.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowe...@redhat.com> --- net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c b/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c index 73c980e26581..054e32872808 100644 --- a/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c +++ b/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c @@ -311,10 +311,11 @@ struct rxrpc_call *rxrpc_kernel_begin_call(struct socket *sock, call = rxrpc_new_client_call(rx, &cp, srx, user_call_ID, tx_total_len, gfp); /* The socket has been unlocked. */ - if (!IS_ERR(call)) + if (!IS_ERR(call)) { call->notify_rx = notify_rx; + mutex_unlock(&call->user_mutex); + } - mutex_unlock(&call->user_mutex); _leave(" = %p", call); return call; }