Fwd: "irq 42: nobody cared" and I/O errors on serial ports

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Resending again... this is getting silly.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Andrew McGregor <andrewmcgr@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 15 June 2011 2:14:19 PM NZST
> To: "Greg KH" <greg@xxxxxxxxx>, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Joe Peterson <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-serial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: andrew.mcgregor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Fwd: "irq 42: nobody cared" and I/O errors on serial ports
> 
> Resending from another address due to broken mail system.
> 
> Sorry for the spam everyone, I'll just do it this way next time.
> 
> Andrew
> 
>>>> On 6/15/2011 at 12:31 PM, in message
> <4DF8AF57.0494.0036.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, andrew mcgregor
> <andrew.mcgregor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
>> Resending due to catastrophically broken mail system...
>> 
>> Oops, sorry.
>> Sorry about the Signed-off, I misunderstood what Alan was asking me to do.  
>> It should be signed-off by me. 
>> 
>> Edited patch attached. 
>> 
>>>>> On 6/14/2011 at 03:48 AM, in message <20110613154818.GB32372@xxxxxxxxx>, Greg 
>> KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:  
>>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:55:14AM +1200, andrew mcgregor wrote: 
>>>> Ok, patch attached. 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> From 9c14cbc96253c90533a4dbd12fd8cc23955d7133 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 
>>>> From: Andrew McGregor <andrew.mcgregor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:31:31 +1200 
>>>> Subject: [PATCH]  fix "IRQ45: nobody cared" 
>>>> 
>>>> Unthrottling the TTY during close ends up enabling interrupts 
>>>> on a device not on the active list, which will never have the 
>>>> interrupts cleared.  Doctor, it hurts when I do this. 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:34:07 +1200 
>>>> "andrew mcgregor" <andrew.mcgregor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
>>>> 
>>>>> The LKML message 
>>>>> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2010/2/25/4541847 from 
>>>>> February doesn't seem to have been resolved since.  We struck the 
>>>>> issue, and the patch below (against 2.6.32) fixes it.  Should I 
>>>>> supply a patch against 3.0.0rc? 
>>>> 
>>>> I think that would be sensible. I don't actually see how you hit it as 
>>>> the IRQ ought to be masked by then but it's certainly wrong for n_tty 
>>>> to be calling into check_unthrottle at that point. 
>>>> 
>>>> So yes please send a patch with a suitable Signed-off-by: line to 
>>>> linux-serial and cc GregKH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> as well. 
>>>> 
>>>> Alan 
>>>> 
>>>> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>> 
>>> Wait, Alan wrote this?  Or you did?  You can't add someone elses 
>>> Signed-off-by: to a patch they didn't create.  Please read 
>>> Documentation/SubmittingPatches for what this line means. 
>>> 
>>> thanks, 
>>> 
>>> greg k-h 
>>> 
>> 
From 9c14cbc96253c90533a4dbd12fd8cc23955d7133 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew McGregor <andrew.mcgregor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:31:31 +1200
Subject: [PATCH]  fix "IRQ45: nobody cared"

Unthrottling the TTY during close ends up enabling interrupts
on a device not on the active list, which will never have the
interrupts cleared.  Doctor, it hurts when I do this.

>>> On 6/2/2011 at 01:56 AM, in message <20110601145608.3e586e16@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:34:07 +1200 
> "andrew mcgregor" <andrew.mcgregor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> > The LKML message 
> > http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2010/2/25/4541847 from 
> > February doesn't seem to have been resolved since.  We struck the 
> > issue, and the patch below (against 2.6.32) fixes it.  Should I 
> > supply a patch against 3.0.0rc? 
>  
> I think that would be sensible. I don't actually see how you hit it as 
> the IRQ ought to be masked by then but it's certainly wrong for n_tty 
> to be calling into check_unthrottle at that point. 
>  
> So yes please send a patch with a suitable Signed-off-by: line to 
> linux-serial and cc GregKH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> as well. 
>  
> Alan 

Signed-off-by: Andrew McGregor <andrew.mcgregor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/tty/n_tty.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 0ad3288..1ddc5d7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static void reset_buffer_flags(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	tty->canon_head = tty->canon_data = tty->erasing = 0;
 	memset(&tty->read_flags, 0, sizeof tty->read_flags);
 	n_tty_set_room(tty);
-	check_unthrottle(tty);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1587,6 +1586,7 @@ static int n_tty_open(struct tty_struct *tty)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	reset_buffer_flags(tty);
+	tty_unthrottle(tty);
 	tty->column = 0;
 	n_tty_set_termios(tty, NULL);
 	tty->minimum_to_wake = 1;
-- 
1.7.0.4

> 
> 


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