On 29.11.2012 17:54, Alan Cox wrote: >> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c >> index 6c9b7cd..4f02f9c 100644 >> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c >> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c >> @@ -114,11 +114,14 @@ static void __tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty) >> { >> struct tty_buffer *thead; >> >> - while ((thead = tty->buf.head) != NULL) { >> - tty->buf.head = thead->next; >> - tty_buffer_free(tty, thead); >> + if (tty->buf.head == NULL) >> + return; >> + while ((thead = tty->buf.head->next) != NULL) { >> + tty_buffer_free(tty, tty->buf.head); >> + tty->buf.head = thead; > > This part of the change seems to have no effect at all. There are no > locks held so there is nothing guaranteeing how the other processors > views of the order of operations will be affected. > > Alan > Sorry, In you reply not all patch. Main idea here - we never flash last (struct tty_buffer) in the active buffer. Only data for ldisc. (tty->buf.head->read = tty->buf.head->commit). At that moment driver can collect(write) data in buffer without conflict. --- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c @@ -114,11 +114,14 @@ static void __tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty) { struct tty_buffer *thead; - while ((thead = tty->buf.head) != NULL) { - tty->buf.head = thead->next; - tty_buffer_free(tty, thead); + if (tty->buf.head == NULL) + return; + while ((thead = tty->buf.head->next) != NULL) { + tty_buffer_free(tty, tty->buf.head); + tty->buf.head = thead; } - tty->buf.tail = NULL; + WARN_ON(tty->buf.head != tty->buf.tail); + tty->buf.head->read = tty->buf.head->commit; } /** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html