SIGIO should be sent when a port gets unplugged. It should only be sent to prcesses that have the port opened, and have asked for SIGIO to be delivered. We were clearing out guest_connected before calling send_sigio_to_port(), resulting in a sigio not getting sent to processes. Fix by setting guest_connected to false after invoking the sigio function. 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 6bf0df3..3435348 100644 --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c @@ -1534,12 +1534,14 @@ static void unplug_port(struct port *port) spin_unlock_irq(&port->portdev->ports_lock); if (port->guest_connected) { + /* Let the app know the port is going down. */ + send_sigio_to_port(port); + + /* Do this after sigio is actually sent */ port->guest_connected = false; port->host_connected = false; - wake_up_interruptible(&port->waitqueue); - /* Let the app know the port is going down. */ - send_sigio_to_port(port); + wake_up_interruptible(&port->waitqueue); } if (is_console_port(port)) { -- 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