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-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_tty.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c40
-rw-r--r--include/linux/tty.h2
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_tty.c b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_tty.c
index 654f6010b473..0d52de3729c6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_tty.c
@@ -1120,7 +1120,9 @@ static void dgrp_tty_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file)
if (!sent_printer_offstr)
dgrp_tty_flush_buffer(tty);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nd->nd_lock, lock_flags);
tty_ldisc_flush(tty);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&nd->nd_lock, lock_flags);
break;
}
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
index 685757c6ce87..c3c606c52722 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ static void tty_buffer_free(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_buffer *b)
* flush all the buffers containing receive data. Caller must
* hold the buffer lock and must have ensured no parallel flush to
* ldisc is running.
- *
- * Locking: Caller must hold tty->buf.lock
*/
static void __tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_port *port)
@@ -182,29 +180,29 @@ static void __tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_port *port)
* being processed by flush_to_ldisc then we defer the processing
* to that function
*
- * Locking: none
+ * Locking: takes flush_mutex to ensure single-threaded flip buffer
+ * 'consumer'
*/
void tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct tty_port *port = tty->port;
struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf;
- unsigned long flags;
-
- spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, flags);
+ mutex_lock(&buf->flush_mutex);
/* If the data is being pushed to the tty layer then we can't
process it here. Instead set a flag and the flush_to_ldisc
path will process the flush request before it exits */
if (test_bit(TTYP_FLUSHING, &port->iflags)) {
set_bit(TTYP_FLUSHPENDING, &port->iflags);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags);
+ mutex_unlock(&buf->flush_mutex);
wait_event(tty->read_wait,
test_bit(TTYP_FLUSHPENDING, &port->iflags) == 0);
return;
- } else
- __tty_buffer_flush(port);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags);
+ }
+
+ __tty_buffer_flush(port);
+ mutex_unlock(&buf->flush_mutex);
}
/**
@@ -408,9 +406,10 @@ receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_buffer *head, int count)
* This routine is called out of the software interrupt to flush data
* from the buffer chain to the line discipline.
*
- * Locking: holds tty->buf.lock to guard buffer list. Drops the lock
- * while invoking the line discipline receive_buf method. The
- * receive_buf method is single threaded for each tty instance.
+ * The receive_buf method is single threaded for each tty instance.
+ *
+ * Locking: takes flush_mutex to ensure single-threaded flip buffer
+ * 'consumer'
*/
static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -418,7 +417,6 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
struct tty_port *port = container_of(work, struct tty_port, buf.work);
struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf;
struct tty_struct *tty;
- unsigned long flags;
struct tty_ldisc *disc;
tty = port->itty;
@@ -429,7 +427,7 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
if (disc == NULL)
return;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, flags);
+ mutex_lock(&buf->flush_mutex);
if (!test_and_set_bit(TTYP_FLUSHING, &port->iflags)) {
while (1) {
@@ -444,11 +442,13 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
tty_buffer_free(port, head);
continue;
}
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags);
+
+ mutex_unlock(&buf->flush_mutex);
count = receive_buf(tty, head, count);
- spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, flags);
+ mutex_lock(&buf->flush_mutex);
+
/* Ldisc or user is trying to flush the buffers.
We may have a deferred request to flush the
input buffer, if so pull the chain under the lock
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
clear_bit(TTYP_FLUSHING, &port->iflags);
}
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags);
+ mutex_unlock(&buf->flush_mutex);
tty_ldisc_deref(disc);
}
@@ -514,15 +514,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_flip_buffer_push);
*
* Set up the initial state of the buffer management for a tty device.
* Must be called before the other tty buffer functions are used.
- *
- * Locking: none
*/
void tty_buffer_init(struct tty_port *port)
{
struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf;
- spin_lock_init(&buf->lock);
+ mutex_init(&buf->flush_mutex);
tty_buffer_reset(&buf->sentinel, 0);
buf->head = &buf->sentinel;
buf->tail = &buf->sentinel;
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 7c124541f011..1c8fef0e3ff6 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static inline char *flag_buf_ptr(struct tty_buffer *b, int ofs)
struct tty_bufhead {
struct work_struct work;
- spinlock_t lock;
+ struct mutex flush_mutex;
struct tty_buffer sentinel;
struct tty_buffer *head; /* Queue head */
struct tty_buffer *tail; /* Active buffer */