[PATCH -next 2/9] tty: Add diagnostic for halted line discipline

From: Peter Hurley
Date: Tue Dec 04 2012 - 02:08:41 EST


Flip buffer work must not be scheduled after the line discipline
has been halted; issue warning.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 6 ++++++
drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c | 3 +++
drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
include/linux/tty.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 19083ef..3f704a9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ static void n_tty_set_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
if (left && !old_left) {
WARN_RATELIMIT(tty->port->itty == NULL,
"scheduling with invalid itty\n");
+ /* see if ldisc has been killed - if so, this means that
+ * even though the ldisc has been halted and ->buf.work
+ * cancelled, ->buf.work is about to be rescheduled
+ */
+ WARN_RATELIMIT(test_bit(TTY_LDISC_HALTED, &tty->flags),
+ "scheduling buffer work for halted ldisc\n");
schedule_work(&tty->port->buf.work);
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
index cc9cbcf..d8d6f77 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
@@ -520,6 +520,9 @@ void tty_flip_buffer_push(struct tty_struct *tty)
struct tty_bufhead *buf = &tty->port->buf;
unsigned long flags;

+ WARN_RATELIMIT(test_bit(TTY_LDISC_HALTED, &tty->flags),
+ "scheduling buffer work for halted ldisc\n");
+
spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, flags);
if (buf->tail != NULL)
buf->tail->commit = buf->tail->used;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index c578229..f986bb0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ static inline void tty_ldisc_put(struct tty_ldisc *ld)

void tty_ldisc_enable(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
+ clear_bit(TTY_LDISC_HALTED, &tty->flags);
set_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty->flags);
clear_bit(TTY_LDISC_CHANGING, &tty->flags);
wake_up(&tty_ldisc_wait);
@@ -496,26 +497,6 @@ static void tty_ldisc_restore(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_ldisc *old)
}

/**
- * tty_ldisc_halt - shut down the line discipline
- * @tty: tty device
- *
- * Shut down the line discipline and work queue for this tty device.
- * The TTY_LDISC flag being cleared ensures no further references can
- * be obtained while the delayed work queue halt ensures that no more
- * data is fed to the ldisc.
- *
- * You need to do a 'flush_scheduled_work()' (outside the ldisc_mutex)
- * in order to make sure any currently executing ldisc work is also
- * flushed.
- */
-
-static int tty_ldisc_halt(struct tty_struct *tty)
-{
- clear_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty->flags);
- return cancel_work_sync(&tty->port->buf.work);
-}
-
-/**
* tty_ldisc_flush_works - flush all works of a tty
* @tty: tty device to flush works for
*
@@ -545,6 +526,29 @@ static int tty_ldisc_wait_idle(struct tty_struct *tty, long timeout)
}

/**
+ * tty_ldisc_halt - shut down the line discipline
+ * @tty: tty device
+ *
+ * Shut down the line discipline and work queue for this tty device.
+ * The TTY_LDISC flag being cleared ensures no further references can
+ * be obtained while the delayed work queue halt ensures that no more
+ * data is fed to the ldisc.
+ *
+ * You need to do a 'flush_scheduled_work()' (outside the ldisc_mutex)
+ * in order to make sure any currently executing ldisc work is also
+ * flushed.
+ */
+
+static int tty_ldisc_halt(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+ int scheduled;
+ clear_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty->flags);
+ scheduled = cancel_work_sync(&tty->port->buf.work);
+ set_bit(TTY_LDISC_HALTED, &tty->flags);
+ return scheduled;
+}
+
+/**
* tty_set_ldisc - set line discipline
* @tty: the terminal to set
* @ldisc: the line discipline
@@ -818,6 +822,7 @@ void tty_ldisc_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
clear_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty->flags);
tty_unlock(tty);
cancel_work_sync(&tty->port->buf.work);
+ set_bit(TTY_LDISC_HALTED, &tty->flags);
mutex_unlock(&tty->ldisc_mutex);
retry:
tty_lock(tty);
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 8db1b56..e6b968d 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ struct tty_file_private {
#define TTY_NO_WRITE_SPLIT 17 /* Preserve write boundaries to driver */
#define TTY_HUPPED 18 /* Post driver->hangup() */
#define TTY_HUPPING 21 /* ->hangup() in progress */
+#define TTY_LDISC_HALTED 22 /* Line discipline is halted */

#define TTY_WRITE_FLUSH(tty) tty_write_flush((tty))

--
1.8.0

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