The patch titled amiserial: prepare for locking relaxation in caller has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is amiserial-prepare-for-locking-relaxation-in-caller.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: amiserial: prepare for locking relaxation in caller From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Just wrap this one in a lock_kernel. As I understand it there is no M68K SMP anyway. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/amiserial.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/amiserial.c~amiserial-prepare-for-locking-relaxation-in-caller drivers/char/amiserial.c --- a/drivers/char/amiserial.c~amiserial-prepare-for-locking-relaxation-in-caller +++ a/drivers/char/amiserial.c @@ -1074,6 +1074,7 @@ static int get_serial_info(struct async_ if (!retinfo) return -EFAULT; memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp)); + lock_kernel(); tmp.type = state->type; tmp.line = state->line; tmp.port = state->port; @@ -1084,6 +1085,7 @@ static int get_serial_info(struct async_ tmp.close_delay = state->close_delay; tmp.closing_wait = state->closing_wait; tmp.custom_divisor = state->custom_divisor; + unlock_kernel(); if (copy_to_user(retinfo,&tmp,sizeof(*retinfo))) return -EFAULT; return 0; @@ -1099,13 +1101,17 @@ static int set_serial_info(struct async_ if (copy_from_user(&new_serial,new_info,sizeof(new_serial))) return -EFAULT; + + lock_kernel(); state = info->state; old_state = *state; change_irq = new_serial.irq != state->irq; change_port = (new_serial.port != state->port); - if(change_irq || change_port || (new_serial.xmit_fifo_size != state->xmit_fifo_size)) + if(change_irq || change_port || (new_serial.xmit_fifo_size != state->xmit_fifo_size)) { + unlock_kernel(); return -EINVAL; + } if (!serial_isroot()) { if ((new_serial.baud_base != state->baud_base) || @@ -1122,8 +1128,10 @@ static int set_serial_info(struct async_ goto check_and_exit; } - if (new_serial.baud_base < 9600) + if (new_serial.baud_base < 9600) { + unlock_kernel(); return -EINVAL; + } /* * OK, past this point, all the error checking has been done. @@ -1157,6 +1165,7 @@ check_and_exit: } } else retval = startup(info); + unlock_kernel(); return retval; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch libata-isolate-and-rework-cable-logic.patch pata_amd-fix-sparse-warning.patch 8390-split-8390-support-into-a-pausing-and-a-non-pausing-driver-core.patch parisc-new-termios-definitions.patch megaraid-outb_p-extermination.patch usb-serial-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch ftdi_sio-note-missing-locking.patch usb-serial-note-mos7480-and-option-dont-lock-modem-status.patch io_ti-lock-mcr-and-msr-shadows-properly.patch iuu_phoenix-lock-priv-tiostatus-properly.patch kobil_sct-get-rid-of-unneeded-priv-line_state.patch ti_usb_3410_5052-extend-locking-to-msr-and-shadow-mcr.patch git-watchdog.patch crisv10-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch fix-tty-speed-handling-on-8250.patch uart_get_baud_rate-stop-mangling-termios.patch do_task_stat-dont-take-rcu_read_lock.patch amiserial-prepare-for-locking-relaxation-in-caller.patch cyclades-prepare-for-relaxed-locking-in-callers.patch epca-lock_kernel-push-down.patch esp-lock_kernel-push-down.patch isicom-prepare-for-lock_kernel-push-down.patch isicom-istallion-prepare-for-lock_kernel-pushdown.patch mxser-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch nozomi-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch riscom8-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch rocket-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch serial167-prepare-to-push-bkl-down-into-drivers.patch specialix-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch stallion-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch sx-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch synclink-series-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch viocons-bkl-locking.patch vt_ioctl-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch isdn_tty-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch 68360serial-note-that-there-isnt-any-info-mcr-locking.patch serial_core-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch tty-bkl-pushdown.patch tty-bkl-pushdown-fix1.patch redo-locking-of-tty-pgrp.patch put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html