On Tue 2009-01-13 17:07:51, Arve Hj??nnev??g wrote:
> This fixes a race if another thread acquired the console
> while it was suspended and released it after it was resumed
> the secondary console semaphre would be left locked, and the
> primary semaphore would be released twice. This in turn caused
> the console switch on suspend or resume to hang forever.
>
> Note that suspend_console does not actually lock the console
> for clients that use acquire_console_sem, it only locks it for
> clients that use try_acquire_console_sem. If we change
> suspend_console to fully lock the console, then the kernel
> may deadlock on suspend.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arve Hj??nnev??g <arve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
This probably needs to go to lkml for proper review. Getting rid of
secondary_console_sem would be nice cleanup in itself...
> ---
> kernel/printk.c | 15 +++++++++------
> 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
> index 7015733..118ee77 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk.c
> @@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(oops_in_progress);
> * driver system.
> */
> static DECLARE_MUTEX(console_sem);
> -static DECLARE_MUTEX(secondary_console_sem);
> struct console *console_drivers;
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(console_drivers);
>
> @@ -896,12 +895,14 @@ void suspend_console(void)
> printk("Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug)\n");
> acquire_console_sem();
> console_suspended = 1;
> + up(&console_sem);
> }
>
> void resume_console(void)
> {
> if (!console_suspend_enabled)
> return;
> + down(&console_sem);
> console_suspended = 0;
> release_console_sem();
> }
> @@ -917,11 +918,9 @@ void resume_console(void)
> void acquire_console_sem(void)
> {
> BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
> - if (console_suspended) {
> - down(&secondary_console_sem);
> - return;
> - }
> down(&console_sem);
> + if (console_suspended)
> + return;
> console_locked = 1;
> console_may_schedule = 1;
> }
> @@ -931,6 +930,10 @@ int try_acquire_console_sem(void)
> {
> if (down_trylock(&console_sem))
> return -1;
> + if (console_suspended) {
> + up(&console_sem);
> + return -1;
> + }
> console_locked = 1;
> console_may_schedule = 0;
> return 0;
> @@ -984,7 +987,7 @@ void release_console_sem(void)
> unsigned wake_klogd = 0;
>
> if (console_suspended) {
> - up(&secondary_console_sem);
> + up(&console_sem);
> return;
> }
>
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