[openib-general] [PATCH][13/12] InfiniBand/mthca: initialize mutex earlier

Roland Dreier roland at topspin.com
Mon Jan 24 10:44:52 PST 2005


One more bug that slipped in...


The cap_mask_mutex needs to be initialized before
ib_register_device(), because device registration will call client
init functions that may try to modify the capability mask.

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland at topspin.com>

--- linux-bk.orig/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c	2005-01-23 21:51:46.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-bk/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c	2005-01-24 10:39:12.623987624 -0800
@@ -634,6 +634,8 @@
 	dev->ib_dev.detach_mcast         = mthca_multicast_detach;
 	dev->ib_dev.process_mad          = mthca_process_mad;
 
+	init_MUTEX(&dev->cap_mask_mutex);
+
 	ret = ib_register_device(&dev->ib_dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -647,8 +649,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	init_MUTEX(&dev->cap_mask_mutex);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 



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