Merge tag 'driver-core-3.12-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core fix from Greg KH:
 "Here is one fix for the hotplug memory path that resolves a regression
  when removing memory that showed up in 3.12-rc1"

* tag 'driver-core-3.12-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core:
  driver core: Release device_hotplug_lock when store_mem_state returns EINVAL

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 9e59f6535c44..bece691cb5d9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -333,8 +333,10 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev,
                 online_type = ONLINE_KEEP;
         else if (!strncmp(buf, "offline", min_t(int, count, 7)))
                 online_type = -1;
-        else
-                return -EINVAL;
+        else {
+                ret = -EINVAL;
+                goto err;
+        }
 
         switch (online_type) {
         case ONLINE_KERNEL:
@@ -357,6 +359,7 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev,
                 ret = -EINVAL; /* should never happen */
         }
 
+err:
         unlock_device_hotplug();
 
         if (ret)