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author | Randy Witt <rewitt@declaratino.com> | 2013-10-17 22:56:47 +0200 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-12-09 01:44:21 +0100 |
commit | 42b6a1baa3ec18de2eb15baa250da6203eeb2d39 (patch) | |
tree | 02c53dbbe7be345a2335e0b54c6cc05d01b0ff9e /drivers/tty/serial/8250 | |
parent | Linux 3.13-rc2 (diff) | |
download | linux-42b6a1baa3ec18de2eb15baa250da6203eeb2d39.tar.xz linux-42b6a1baa3ec18de2eb15baa250da6203eeb2d39.zip |
serial_core: Don't re-initialize a previously initialized spinlock.
The uart_set_options() code unconditionally initalizes the spinlock
on the port. This can cause a deadlock in some situations.
One instance that exposed the problem, was when writing to
/sys/module/kgdboc/parameters/kgdboc to use ttyS0 when the console
is already running on ttyS0. If the spinlock is re-initialized
while the lock is held due to output to the console, there
is a deadlock.
Assume the spinlock is initialized if the port is a console.
Signed-off-by: Randy Witt <rewitt@declaratino.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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