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| author | Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> | 2012-03-05 14:52:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-03-08 20:47:01 +0100 |
| commit | c9ddb1d6e29697029118377c1f4f9a4a148d755e (patch) | |
| tree | 565b58ae6c81d692b7e1d4f74d51aa95ccaa99f9 /arch/xtensa | |
| parent | XTENSA: iss/console, use setup_timer (diff) | |
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XTENSA: iss/console, fix potential deadlock
If the timer ticks while we are holding the spinlock, the system
deadlocks. It is due to synchronous del_timer.
So to fix that, use spinlocks that properly disable bottom halves.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/xtensa')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/console.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/console.c b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/console.c index 01842e4d1904..94ab8eca9d77 100644 --- a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/console.c +++ b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/console.c @@ -91,11 +91,10 @@ static int rs_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp) */ static void rs_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp) { - spin_lock(&timer_lock); + spin_lock_bh(&timer_lock); if (tty->count == 1) - /* this will cause a deadlock if the timer ticks right now */ del_timer_sync(&serial_timer); - spin_unlock(&timer_lock); + spin_unlock_bh(&timer_lock); } |