Re: [PATCH] serial: mpsc: release port lock on call to tty_flip_buffer_push

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Dale Farnsworth wrote:
>
> We need to release the port lock when we call tty_flip_buffer_push()
> to avoid a deadlock when the serial-core routines try to acquire
> the same lock.  This deadlock has been observed on CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
> configurations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dale Farnsworth <dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <mgreer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/serial/mpsc.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/serial/mpsc.c b/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
> index c9f53e7..158d748 100644
> --- a/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
> +++ b/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
> @@ -1065,7 +1065,9 @@ next_frame:
>  	if ((readl(pi->sdma_base + SDMA_SDCM) & SDMA_SDCM_ERD) == 0)
>  		mpsc_start_rx(pi);
>  
> +	spin_unlock(&pi->port.lock);
>  	tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
> +	spin_lock(&pi->port.lock);
>  	return rc;
>  }

Acked-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer@xxxxxxxxxx>
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