[PATCH, RFC 29/30] char: nwbutton: open-code interruptible_sleep_on

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Thu Jan 02 2014 - 07:12:20 EST


The nwbutton driver uses interruptible_sleep_on to wait for buttons
getting pressed after we enter the read() function, which is inherently
racy and cannot be fixed by using wait_event without changing the
driver's user space interface.

Instead, this patch just uses an open-coded variant of the same
interruptible_sleep_on() call, so the driver behavior doesn't change
but we remove the sleep_on family from the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/nwbutton.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/nwbutton.c b/drivers/char/nwbutton.c
index 1fd00dc..76c490f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/nwbutton.c
+++ b/drivers/char/nwbutton.c
@@ -168,7 +168,10 @@ static irqreturn_t button_handler (int irq, void *dev_id)
static int button_read (struct file *filp, char __user *buffer,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
- interruptible_sleep_on (&button_wait_queue);
+ DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+ prepare_to_wait(&button_wait_queue, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ schedule();
+ finish_wait(&button_wait_queue, &wait);
return (copy_to_user (buffer, &button_output_buffer, bcount))
? -EFAULT : bcount;
}
--
1.8.3.2

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