i2o_cfg_compat_ioctl(I2OGETIOPS) locks i2o_cfg_mutex and then calls
i2o_cfg_ioctl(I2OGETIOPS) that locks i2o_cfg_mutex as well.
A deadlock is guaranteed.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshi...@ispras.ru>
---
 drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
index a60c188c2bd9..04bd3b6de401 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
@@ -754,19 +754,19 @@ static long i2o_cfg_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, 
unsigned cmd,
                                 unsigned long arg)
 {
        int ret;
-       mutex_lock(&i2o_cfg_mutex);
        switch (cmd) {
        case I2OGETIOPS:
                ret = i2o_cfg_ioctl(file, cmd, arg);
                break;
        case I2OPASSTHRU32:
+               mutex_lock(&i2o_cfg_mutex);
                ret = i2o_cfg_passthru32(file, cmd, arg);
+               mutex_unlock(&i2o_cfg_mutex);
                break;
        default:
                ret = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
                break;
        }
-       mutex_unlock(&i2o_cfg_mutex);
        return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.8.3.2

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