On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 09:07:49AM +0200, D. Starke wrote:
> From: Daniel Starke <daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> After setting up the control channel on both sides the responder side may
> want to open a virtual tty to listen on until the initiator starts an
> application on a user channel. The current implementation allows the
> open() but no other operation, like termios. These fail with EINVAL.
> The responder sided application has no means to detect an open by the
> initiator sided application this way. And the initiator sided applications
> usually expect the responder sided application to listen on the user
> channel upon open.
> Set the user channel into half-open state on responder side once a user
> application opens the virtual tty to allow IO operations on it.
> Furthermore, keep the user channel constipated until the initiator side
> opens it to give the responder sided application the chance to detect the
> new connection and to avoid data loss if the responder sided application
> starts sending before the user channel is open.
>
> Fixes: e1eaea46bb40 ("tty: n_gsm line discipline")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Starke <daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tty/n_gsm.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> This commit was not changed as there have been no comments on it in v1.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220506144725.1946-1-daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
> index fd8b86dde525..08fea3e7674d 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
> @@ -1493,6 +1493,8 @@ static void gsm_dlci_close(struct gsm_dlci *dlci)
> if (debug & 8)
> pr_debug("DLCI %d goes closed.\n", dlci->addr);
> dlci->state = DLCI_CLOSED;
> + /* Prevent us from sending data before the link is up again */
> + dlci->constipated = true;
> if (dlci->addr != 0) {
> tty_port_tty_hangup(&dlci->port, false);
> spin_lock_irqsave(&dlci->lock, flags);
> @@ -1522,6 +1524,7 @@ static void gsm_dlci_open(struct gsm_dlci *dlci)
> del_timer(&dlci->t1);
> /* This will let a tty open continue */
> dlci->state = DLCI_OPEN;
> + dlci->constipated = false;
> if (debug & 8)
> pr_debug("DLCI %d goes open.\n", dlci->addr);
> /* Send current modem state */
> @@ -1602,6 +1605,25 @@ static void gsm_dlci_begin_open(struct gsm_dlci *dlci)
> mod_timer(&dlci->t1, jiffies + gsm->t1 * HZ / 100);
> }
>
> +/**
> + * gsm_dlci_wait_open - wait for channel open procedure
> + * @dlci: DLCI to open
> + *
> + * Wait for a DLCI opening from the other side. Asynchronously wait until
> + * we get a SABM and set off timers and the responses.
> + */
> +static void gsm_dlci_wait_open(struct gsm_dlci *dlci)
> +{
> + switch (dlci->state) {
> + case DLCI_CLOSED:
> + case DLCI_CLOSING:
> + dlci->state = DLCI_OPENING;
> + break;
> + default:
> + break;
> + }
> +}
The documentation for this function is odd, you are not waiting for
anything. You are just changing the state. This makes no sense as-is,
sorry.
greg k-h
