PROBLEM: n_hdlc not atomic use tty->flags.

From: Ilya Zykov
Date: Mon Nov 07 2011 - 02:32:55 EST


N_HDLC can spoil tty->flags because use not atomic operations on tty->flags.
I use n_hdlc line discipline and it happens.

Signed-off-by: Ilya Zykov <ilya@xxxxxxx>
---
diff -uprN -X ../../dontdiff a/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c b/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c
--- a/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c 2011-05-19 08:06:34.000000000 +0400
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c 2011-11-06 16:30:13.000000000 +0400
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static void n_hdlc_send_frames(struct n_
__FILE__,__LINE__,tbuf,tbuf->count);

/* Send the next block of data to device */
- tty->flags |= (1 << TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP);
+ set_bit(TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP, &tty->flags);
actual = tty->ops->write(tty, tbuf->buf, tbuf->count);

/* rollback was possible and has been done */
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static void n_hdlc_send_frames(struct n_
}

if (!tbuf)
- tty->flags &= ~(1 << TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP);
+ clear_bit(TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP, &tty->flags);

/* Clear the re-entry flag */
spin_lock_irqsave(&n_hdlc->tx_buf_list.spinlock, flags);
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static void n_hdlc_tty_wakeup(struct tty
return;

if (tty != n_hdlc->tty) {
- tty->flags &= ~(1 << TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP);
+ clear_bit(TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP, &tty->flags);
return;
}
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/