pmac_zilog,kdb: Fix console poll hook to return instead of loop
authorJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:16:43 +0000 (07:16 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:20:20 +0000 (12:20 -0700)
kdb <-> kgdb transitioning does not work properly with this UART
driver because the get character routine loops indefinitely as opposed
to returning NO_POLL_CHAR per the expectation of the KDB I/O driver
API.

The symptom is a kernel hang when trying to switch debug modes.

Cc: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c

index 654755a..333c8d0 100644 (file)
@@ -1348,10 +1348,16 @@ static int pmz_verify_port(struct uart_port *port, struct serial_struct *ser)
 static int pmz_poll_get_char(struct uart_port *port)
 {
        struct uart_pmac_port *uap = (struct uart_pmac_port *)port;
+       int tries = 2;
 
-       while ((read_zsreg(uap, R0) & Rx_CH_AV) == 0)
-               udelay(5);
-       return read_zsdata(uap);
+       while (tries) {
+               if ((read_zsreg(uap, R0) & Rx_CH_AV) != 0)
+                       return read_zsdata(uap);
+               if (tries--)
+                       udelay(5);
+       }
+
+       return NO_POLL_CHAR;
 }
 
 static void pmz_poll_put_char(struct uart_port *port, unsigned char c)