The patch titled
tty_ioctl: locking for tty_wait_until_sent
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tty_ioctl-locking-for-tty_wait_until_sent.patch
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Subject: tty_ioctl: locking for tty_wait_until_sent
From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
This function still depends on the big kernel lock in some cases. Push
locking into the function ready for removal of the BKL from ioctl call paths.
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c~tty_ioctl-locking-for-tty_wait_until_sent drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
--- a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c~tty_ioctl-locking-for-tty_wait_until_sent
+++ a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -61,11 +62,13 @@ void tty_wait_until_sent(struct tty_stru
return;
if (!timeout)
timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+ lock_kernel();
if (wait_event_interruptible_timeout(tty->write_wait,
- !tty->driver->chars_in_buffer(tty), timeout) < 0)
- return;
- if (tty->driver->wait_until_sent)
- tty->driver->wait_until_sent(tty, timeout);
+ !tty->driver->chars_in_buffer(tty), timeout) >= 0) {
+ if (tty->driver->wait_until_sent)
+ tty->driver->wait_until_sent(tty, timeout);
+ }
+ unlock_kernel();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_wait_until_sent);
_
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