tty: Strengthen no-subsequent-use guarantee of tty_ldisc_halt()
authorPeter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:44:28 +0000 (16:44 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:38:58 +0000 (16:38 -0700)
commitcf5284765862ac65e4a3e5b34652e593ffda2bdf
tree7e87db80173d9a032cd4bb568728c6aa9a6b03d3
parent11cf48eab21887a120f7f47c67b44a829e3c371d
tty: Strengthen no-subsequent-use guarantee of tty_ldisc_halt()

In preparation for destructing and freeing the tty, the line discipline
must first be brought to an inactive state before it can be destructed.
This line discipline shutdown must:
 - disallow new users of the ldisc
 - wait for existing ldisc users to finish
 - only then, cancel/flush their pending/running work

Factor tty_ldisc_wait_idle() from tty_set_ldisc() and tty_ldisc_kill()
to ensure this shutdown order.

Failure to provide this guarantee can result in scheduled work
running after the tty has already been freed, as indicated in the
following log message:

[   88.331234] WARNING: at drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:435 flush_to_ldisc+0x194/0x1d0()
[   88.334505] Hardware name: Bochs
[   88.335618] tty is bad=-1
[   88.335703] Modules linked in: netconsole configfs bnep rfcomm bluetooth ......
[   88.345272] Pid: 39, comm: kworker/1:1 Tainted: G        W    3.7.0-next-20121129+ttydebug-xeon #20121129+ttydebug
[   88.347736] Call Trace:
[   88.349024]  [<ffffffff81058aff>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
[   88.350383]  [<ffffffff81058bf6>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
[   88.351745]  [<ffffffff81432bd4>] flush_to_ldisc+0x194/0x1d0
[   88.353047]  [<ffffffff816f7fe1>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x21/0x50
[   88.354190]  [<ffffffff8108a809>] ? finish_task_switch+0x49/0xe0
[   88.355436]  [<ffffffff81077ad1>] process_one_work+0x121/0x490
[   88.357674]  [<ffffffff81432a40>] ? __tty_buffer_flush+0x90/0x90
[   88.358954]  [<ffffffff81078c84>] worker_thread+0x164/0x3e0
[   88.360247]  [<ffffffff81078b20>] ? manage_workers+0x120/0x120
[   88.361282]  [<ffffffff8107e230>] kthread+0xc0/0xd0
[   88.362284]  [<ffffffff816f0000>] ? cmos_do_probe+0x2eb/0x3bf
[   88.363391]  [<ffffffff8107e170>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xb0/0xb0
[   88.364797]  [<ffffffff816fff6c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
[   88.366087]  [<ffffffff8107e170>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xb0/0xb0
[   88.367266] ---[ end trace 453a7c9f38fbfec0 ]---

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c