[PATCH 4/7] Char: moxa, fix locking in moxa_write

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Wed Apr 20 2011 - 04:43:44 EST


moxa_write can be called from atomic context with irqs disabled (from
ppp_async_push). Don't enable interrupts by spin_unlock_bh as this
might cause deadlocks in the ppp layer.

Instead, use irqsave/irqrestore spin_lock functions.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/moxa.c | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/moxa.c b/drivers/tty/moxa.c
index a290e9e..6255561 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/moxa.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/moxa.c
@@ -1202,14 +1202,15 @@ static int moxa_write(struct tty_struct *tty,
const unsigned char *buf, int count)
{
struct moxa_port *ch = tty->driver_data;
+ unsigned long flags;
int len;

if (ch == NULL)
return 0;

- spin_lock_bh(&moxa_lock);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&moxa_lock, flags);
len = MoxaPortWriteData(tty, buf, count);
- spin_unlock_bh(&moxa_lock);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&moxa_lock, flags);

set_bit(LOWWAIT, &ch->statusflags);
return len;
--
1.7.4.2


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