The patch below does not apply to the 3.9-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From 4746b6c6efcdc3f5ef84f0bc2c39707c6b4e5e24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 20:32:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] USB: serial: clean up chars_in_buffer
No need to grab disconnect mutex in chars_in_buffer now that no
sub-driver is or should be querying hardware buffers anymore. (They
should use wait_until_sent.)
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index 60caf9c..4753c00 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -359,20 +359,13 @@ static int serial_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct usb_serial_port *port = tty->driver_data;
struct usb_serial *serial = port->serial;
- int count = 0;
dev_dbg(tty->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
- mutex_lock(&serial->disc_mutex);
- /* if the device was unplugged then any remaining characters
- fell out of the connector ;) */
if (serial->disconnected)
- count = 0;
- else
- count = serial->type->chars_in_buffer(tty);
- mutex_unlock(&serial->disc_mutex);
+ return 0;
- return count;
+ return serial->type->chars_in_buffer(tty);
}
static void serial_wait_until_sent(struct tty_struct *tty, int timeout)
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