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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/tty_io.c56
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index de37ebc3a4c..51ea93cab6c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -369,25 +369,54 @@ static void tty_buffer_free(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_buffer *b)
}
/**
- * tty_buffer_flush - flush full tty buffers
+ * __tty_buffer_flush - flush full tty buffers
* @tty: tty to flush
*
- * flush all the buffers containing receive data
+ * 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: none
+ * Locking: Caller must hold tty->buf.lock
*/
-static void tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty)
+static void __tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct tty_buffer *thead;
- unsigned long flags;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
while((thead = tty->buf.head) != NULL) {
tty->buf.head = thead->next;
tty_buffer_free(tty, thead);
}
tty->buf.tail = NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * tty_buffer_flush - flush full tty buffers
+ * @tty: tty to flush
+ *
+ * flush all the buffers containing receive data. If the buffer is
+ * being processed by flush_to_ldisc then we defer the processing
+ * to that function
+ *
+ * Locking: none
+ */
+
+static void tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
+
+ /* 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(TTY_FLUSHING, &tty->flags)) {
+ set_bit(TTY_FLUSHPENDING, &tty->flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
+ wait_event(tty->read_wait,
+ test_bit(TTY_FLUSHPENDING, &tty->flags) == 0);
+ return;
+ } else
+ __tty_buffer_flush(tty);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
}
@@ -3594,6 +3623,7 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
return;
spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
+ set_bit(TTY_FLUSHING, &tty->flags); /* So we know a flush is running */
head = tty->buf.head;
if (head != NULL) {
tty->buf.head = NULL;
@@ -3607,6 +3637,11 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
tty_buffer_free(tty, tbuf);
continue;
}
+ /* Ldisc or user is trying to flush the buffers
+ we are feeding to the ldisc, stop feeding the
+ line discipline as we want to empty the queue */
+ if (test_bit(TTY_FLUSHPENDING, &tty->flags))
+ break;
if (!tty->receive_room) {
schedule_delayed_work(&tty->buf.work, 1);
break;
@@ -3620,8 +3655,17 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
disc->receive_buf(tty, char_buf, flag_buf, count);
spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
}
+ /* Restore the queue head */
tty->buf.head = head;
}
+ /* We may have a deferred request to flush the input buffer,
+ if so pull the chain under the lock and empty the queue */
+ if (test_bit(TTY_FLUSHPENDING, &tty->flags)) {
+ __tty_buffer_flush(tty);
+ clear_bit(TTY_FLUSHPENDING, &tty->flags);
+ wake_up(&tty->read_wait);
+ }
+ clear_bit(TTY_FLUSHING, &tty->flags);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
tty_ldisc_deref(disc);