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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2010-06-01 22:53:10 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2010-08-10 22:47:44 +0200
commite142a31da34b42458e10026b554e66127739cf23 (patch)
tree1f65a42cd559116223e1fa1db7631cd449c73968 /drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
parenttty: implement BTM as mutex instead of BKL (diff)
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tty: release BTM while sleeping in block_til_ready
Most tty drivers may block while opening a device. Since this possibly depends on another thread closing it first and both threads may need the BTM, we need to release it here. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/synclink_gt.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/synclink_gt.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
index 5a602eb7cd2d..fef80cfcab5c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
@@ -3244,7 +3244,9 @@ static int block_til_ready(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp,
}
DBGINFO(("%s block_til_ready wait\n", tty->driver->name));
+ tty_unlock();
schedule();
+ tty_lock();
}
set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);