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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c40
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 53e6db8b0330..55ed4c66f77f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ static void uart_start(struct tty_struct *tty)
struct uart_port *port;
unsigned long flags;
+ if (!state)
+ return;
+
port = uart_port_lock(state, flags);
__uart_start(tty);
uart_port_unlock(port, flags);
@@ -195,10 +198,15 @@ static int uart_port_startup(struct tty_struct *tty, struct uart_state *state,
if (!state->xmit.buf) {
state->xmit.buf = (unsigned char *) page;
uart_circ_clear(&state->xmit);
+ uart_port_unlock(uport, flags);
} else {
+ uart_port_unlock(uport, flags);
+ /*
+ * Do not free() the page under the port lock, see
+ * uart_shutdown().
+ */
free_page(page);
}
- uart_port_unlock(uport, flags);
retval = uport->ops->startup(uport);
if (retval == 0) {
@@ -258,6 +266,7 @@ static void uart_shutdown(struct tty_struct *tty, struct uart_state *state)
struct uart_port *uport = uart_port_check(state);
struct tty_port *port = &state->port;
unsigned long flags = 0;
+ char *xmit_buf = NULL;
/*
* Set the TTY IO error marker
@@ -288,14 +297,18 @@ static void uart_shutdown(struct tty_struct *tty, struct uart_state *state)
tty_port_set_suspended(port, 0);
/*
- * Free the transmit buffer page.
+ * Do not free() the transmit buffer page under the port lock since
+ * this can create various circular locking scenarios. For instance,
+ * console driver may need to allocate/free a debug object, which
+ * can endup in printk() recursion.
*/
uart_port_lock(state, flags);
- if (state->xmit.buf) {
- free_page((unsigned long)state->xmit.buf);
- state->xmit.buf = NULL;
- }
+ xmit_buf = state->xmit.buf;
+ state->xmit.buf = NULL;
uart_port_unlock(uport, flags);
+
+ if (xmit_buf)
+ free_page((unsigned long)xmit_buf);
}
/**
@@ -530,10 +543,12 @@ static int uart_put_char(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char c)
int ret = 0;
circ = &state->xmit;
- if (!circ->buf)
+ port = uart_port_lock(state, flags);
+ if (!circ->buf) {
+ uart_port_unlock(port, flags);
return 0;
+ }
- port = uart_port_lock(state, flags);
if (port && uart_circ_chars_free(circ) != 0) {
circ->buf[circ->head] = c;
circ->head = (circ->head + 1) & (UART_XMIT_SIZE - 1);
@@ -566,11 +581,13 @@ static int uart_write(struct tty_struct *tty,
return -EL3HLT;
}
+ port = uart_port_lock(state, flags);
circ = &state->xmit;
- if (!circ->buf)
+ if (!circ->buf) {
+ uart_port_unlock(port, flags);
return 0;
+ }
- port = uart_port_lock(state, flags);
while (port) {
c = CIRC_SPACE_TO_END(circ->head, circ->tail, UART_XMIT_SIZE);
if (count < c)
@@ -703,6 +720,9 @@ static void uart_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
struct uart_port *port;
upstat_t mask = 0;
+ if (!state)
+ return;
+
port = uart_port_ref(state);
if (!port)
return;