Hi, This looks like the problem you raised previously, the one which was resolved by calling flush_buffers. Is this happening on ttyUSB? usb-serial driver doesn't implement flush_buffers method which means that speakup-r will have this issue until there is flush_buffers in usb-serial. Thanks, Okash On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 05:52:19AM -0400, John Covici wrote: > I just tested the empty line lockup is gone, but now speakup-r does > not work, actually in the file I had, after reading a number of lines > when I hit control, the cursor was actually at the end of the file. > > Thanks for working on this one. > > On Sat, 24 Jun 2017 05:06:45 -0400, > Okash Khawaja wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > The lockup when running speakup-r at start of an empty line occurs > > because simulated key press is generated (using speakup_fake_down_arrow) > > from context of keyboard_notifier_call callback which is called in > > interrupt context. The simulated keypress leads to > > keybaord_notifier_call to be trigerred again from the same context > > leading to the lockup. The exact cause could be priority inversion where > > simulated keypress cannot be processed because there is a real keyboard > > interrupt already being processed (the one from which simulated keypress > > was triggered), hence causing a deadlock. Please share your thoughts on > > this. Here is the call chain. > > > > (speakup-r) --> keyboard_notifier_call --> speakup_key --> do_spkup --> > > read_all_doc --> get_sentence_buf [which returns -1 because of empty > > line] --> kbd_fakekey2(RA_DOWN_ARROW) --> speakup_fake_down_arrow > > > > The following patch resolves this by not simulating the keypress inside > > keyboard notifier callback but instead delegating it to cursor_timer. In > > the above chain, when get_sentence_buf returns -1, this patch starts > > timer and passes RA_DOWN_ARROW as argument. When timer handler runs and > > sees RA_DOWN_ARROW, it will then call kbd_fakekey2(RA_DOWN_ARROW) which > > will correctly simulate the keypress inside timer context. I've tested > > this succesfully. > > > > It's the first time I've worked on this side of the code so please > > review carefully :) > > > > Finally, I have updated the test repo on github so you can test from > > there. > > > > Thanks, > > Okash > > > > --- > > drivers/staging/speakup/main.c | 3 ++- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c > > +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c > > @@ -1408,7 +1408,8 @@ static void read_all_doc(struct vc_data > > cursor_track = read_all_mode; > > spk_reset_index_count(0); > > if (get_sentence_buf(vc, 0) == -1) { > > - kbd_fakekey2(vc, RA_DOWN_ARROW); > > + del_timer(&cursor_timer); > > + start_read_all_timer(vc, RA_DOWN_ARROW); > > } else { > > say_sentence_num(0, 0); > > synth_insert_next_index(0); > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup