In dvb_ringbuffer lock-less synchronizationof reader and writer threads is done with separateread and write pointers. Sincedvb_ringbuffer_flush() modifies the read pointer, this function must not be called from the writer thread. This patch removes the dvb_ringbuffer_flush() calls in the dmxdev ringbuffer write functions, this fixes Oopses "Unable to handle kernel paging request" I could observe for the call chaindvb_demux_read ->dvb_dmxdev_buffer_read -> dvb_ringbuffer_read_user -> __copy_to_user (the reader side of the ringbuffer). The flush calls at the write side are not necessary anyway since ringbuffer_flush is also called in dvb_dmxdev_buffer_read() when an error condition is set in the ringbuffer. This patch should also be applied to stable kernels. Signed-off-by: Soeren Moch <smoch@xxxxxx> CC: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c 2013-04-05 21:21:15.000000000 +0200 +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c 2013-04-14 09:01:58.000000000 +0200 @@ -377,10 +377,8 @@ static int dvb_dmxdev_section_callback(c ret = dvb_dmxdev_buffer_write(&dmxdevfilter->buffer, buffer2, buffer2_len); } - if (ret < 0) { - dvb_ringbuffer_flush(&dmxdevfilter->buffer); + if (ret < 0) dmxdevfilter->buffer.error = ret; - } if (dmxdevfilter->params.sec.flags & DMX_ONESHOT) dmxdevfilter->state = DMXDEV_STATE_DONE; spin_unlock(&dmxdevfilter->dev->lock); @@ -416,10 +414,8 @@ static int dvb_dmxdev_ts_callback(const ret = dvb_dmxdev_buffer_write(buffer, buffer1, buffer1_len); if (ret == buffer1_len) ret = dvb_dmxdev_buffer_write(buffer, buffer2, buffer2_len); - if (ret < 0) { - dvb_ringbuffer_flush(buffer); + if (ret < 0) buffer->error = ret; - } spin_unlock(&dmxdevfilter->dev->lock); wake_up(&buffer->queue); return 0; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html