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-rw-r--r--sound/core/sound_oss.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sound/core/sound_oss.c b/sound/core/sound_oss.c
index 7ed0a2a91035..2751bf2ff61b 100644
--- a/sound/core/sound_oss.c
+++ b/sound/core/sound_oss.c
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ int snd_unregister_oss_device(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev)
mutex_unlock(&sound_oss_mutex);
return -ENOENT;
}
- unregister_sound_special(minor);
switch (SNDRV_MINOR_OSS_DEVICE(minor)) {
case SNDRV_MINOR_OSS_PCM:
track2 = SNDRV_MINOR_OSS(cidx, SNDRV_MINOR_OSS_AUDIO);
@@ -174,12 +173,18 @@ int snd_unregister_oss_device(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev)
track2 = SNDRV_MINOR_OSS(cidx, SNDRV_MINOR_OSS_DMMIDI1);
break;
}
- if (track2 >= 0) {
- unregister_sound_special(track2);
+ if (track2 >= 0)
snd_oss_minors[track2] = NULL;
- }
snd_oss_minors[minor] = NULL;
mutex_unlock(&sound_oss_mutex);
+
+ /* call unregister_sound_special() outside sound_oss_mutex;
+ * otherwise may deadlock, as it can trigger the release of a card
+ */
+ unregister_sound_special(minor);
+ if (track2 >= 0)
+ unregister_sound_special(track2);
+
kfree(mptr);
return 0;
}