send_sigio_to_port() checks the value of guest_connected, which we always modify under the inbuf_lock; make sure invocations of send_sigio_to_port() have take the inbuf_lock around the call. CC: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c index bdfb814..89ef748 100644 --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c @@ -1674,7 +1674,9 @@ static void handle_control_message(struct ports_device *portdev, * If the guest is connected, it'll be interested in * knowing the host connection state changed. */ + spin_lock_irq(&port->inbuf_lock); send_sigio_to_port(port); + spin_unlock_irq(&port->inbuf_lock); break; case VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_NAME: /* @@ -1794,13 +1796,13 @@ static void in_intr(struct virtqueue *vq) if (!port->guest_connected && !is_rproc_serial(port->portdev->vdev)) discard_port_data(port); + /* Send a SIGIO indicating new data in case the process asked for it */ + send_sigio_to_port(port); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->inbuf_lock, flags); wake_up_interruptible(&port->waitqueue); - /* Send a SIGIO indicating new data in case the process asked for it */ - send_sigio_to_port(port); - if (is_console_port(port) && hvc_poll(port->cons.hvc)) hvc_kick(); } -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html