The root of problem is carelessly zeroing pointer(in function __tty_buffer_flush()), when another thread can use it. It can be cause of "NULL pointer dereference". Main idea of the patch, this is never free last (struct tty_buffer) in the active buffer. Only flush the data for ldisc(buf->head->read = buf->head->commit). At that moment driver can collect(write) data in buffer without conflict. It is repeat behavior of flush_to_ldisc(), only without feeding data to ldisc. Also revert: commit c56a00a165712fd73081f40044b1e64407bb1875 tty: hold lock across tty buffer finding and buffer filling In order to delete the unneeded locks any more. Signed-off-by: Ilya Zykov <ilya@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c | 105 +++++++++++++--------------------------------- 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c index 45d9161..8a3333d 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c @@ -119,11 +119,14 @@ static void __tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_port *port) struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf; struct tty_buffer *thead; - while ((thead = buf->head) != NULL) { - buf->head = thead->next; - tty_buffer_free(port, thead); + if (unlikely(buf->head == NULL)) + return; + while ((thead = buf->head->next) != NULL) { + tty_buffer_free(port, buf->head); + buf->head = thead; } - buf->tail = NULL; + WARN_ON(buf->head != buf->tail); + buf->head->read = buf->head->commit; } /** @@ -193,20 +196,26 @@ static struct tty_buffer *tty_buffer_find(struct tty_port *port, size_t size) /* Should possibly check if this fails for the largest buffer we have queued and recycle that ? */ } + /** - * __tty_buffer_request_room - grow tty buffer if needed + * tty_buffer_request_room - grow tty buffer if needed * @tty: tty structure * @size: size desired * * Make at least size bytes of linear space available for the tty * buffer. If we fail return the size we managed to find. - * Locking: Caller must hold port->buf.lock + * + * Locking: Takes tty->port->buf.lock */ -static int __tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_port *port, size_t size) +int tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_struct *tty, size_t size) { - struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf; + struct tty_bufhead *buf = &tty->port->buf; struct tty_buffer *b, *n; int left; + unsigned long flags; + + spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, flags); + /* OPTIMISATION: We could keep a per tty "zero" sized buffer to remove this conditional if its worth it. This would be invisible to the callers */ @@ -218,7 +227,7 @@ static int __tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_port *port, size_t size) if (left < size) { /* This is the slow path - looking for new buffers to use */ - if ((n = tty_buffer_find(port, size)) != NULL) { + if ((n = tty_buffer_find(tty->port, size)) != NULL) { if (b != NULL) { b->next = n; b->commit = b->used; @@ -229,31 +238,9 @@ static int __tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_port *port, size_t size) size = left; } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags); return size; } - - -/** - * tty_buffer_request_room - grow tty buffer if needed - * @tty: tty structure - * @size: size desired - * - * Make at least size bytes of linear space available for the tty - * buffer. If we fail return the size we managed to find. - * - * Locking: Takes port->buf.lock - */ -int tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_struct *tty, size_t size) -{ - struct tty_port *port = tty->port; - unsigned long flags; - int length; - - spin_lock_irqsave(&port->buf.lock, flags); - length = __tty_buffer_request_room(port, size); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->buf.lock, flags); - return length; -} EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_buffer_request_room); /** @@ -272,26 +259,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_buffer_request_room); int tty_insert_flip_string_fixed_flag(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *chars, char flag, size_t size) { - struct tty_bufhead *buf = &tty->port->buf; int copied = 0; do { int goal = min_t(size_t, size - copied, TTY_BUFFER_PAGE); - int space; - unsigned long flags; - struct tty_buffer *tb; - - spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, flags); - space = __tty_buffer_request_room(tty->port, goal); - tb = buf->tail; + int space = tty_buffer_request_room(tty, goal); + struct tty_buffer *tb = tty->port->buf.tail; /* If there is no space then tb may be NULL */ - if (unlikely(space == 0)) { - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags); + if (unlikely(space == 0)) break; - } memcpy(tb->char_buf_ptr + tb->used, chars, space); memset(tb->flag_buf_ptr + tb->used, flag, space); tb->used += space; - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags); copied += space; chars += space; /* There is a small chance that we need to split the data over @@ -318,26 +296,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_insert_flip_string_fixed_flag); int tty_insert_flip_string_flags(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *chars, const char *flags, size_t size) { - struct tty_bufhead *buf = &tty->port->buf; int copied = 0; do { int goal = min_t(size_t, size - copied, TTY_BUFFER_PAGE); - int space; - unsigned long __flags; - struct tty_buffer *tb; - - spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, __flags); - space = __tty_buffer_request_room(tty->port, goal); - tb = buf->tail; + int space = tty_buffer_request_room(tty, goal); + struct tty_buffer *tb = tty->port->buf.tail; /* If there is no space then tb may be NULL */ - if (unlikely(space == 0)) { - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, __flags); + if (unlikely(space == 0)) break; - } memcpy(tb->char_buf_ptr + tb->used, chars, space); memcpy(tb->flag_buf_ptr + tb->used, flags, space); tb->used += space; - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, __flags); copied += space; chars += space; flags += space; @@ -393,21 +362,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_schedule_flip); int tty_prepare_flip_string(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char **chars, size_t size) { - struct tty_bufhead *buf = &tty->port->buf; - int space; - unsigned long flags; - struct tty_buffer *tb; - - spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, flags); - space = __tty_buffer_request_room(tty->port, size); - - tb = buf->tail; + int space = tty_buffer_request_room(tty, size); if (likely(space)) { + struct tty_buffer *tb = tty->port->buf.tail; *chars = tb->char_buf_ptr + tb->used; memset(tb->flag_buf_ptr + tb->used, TTY_NORMAL, space); tb->used += space; } - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags); return space; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_prepare_flip_string); @@ -431,21 +392,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_prepare_flip_string); int tty_prepare_flip_string_flags(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char **chars, char **flags, size_t size) { - struct tty_bufhead *buf = &tty->port->buf; - int space; - unsigned long __flags; - struct tty_buffer *tb; - - spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, __flags); - space = __tty_buffer_request_room(tty->port, size); - - tb = buf->tail; + int space = tty_buffer_request_room(tty, size); if (likely(space)) { + struct tty_buffer *tb = tty->port->buf.tail; *chars = tb->char_buf_ptr + tb->used; *flags = tb->flag_buf_ptr + tb->used; tb->used += space; } - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, __flags); return space; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_prepare_flip_string_flags); -- 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