[PATCH] tty: Prevent "read/write wait queue active!" log flooding

From: Peter Hurley
Date: Thu Oct 16 2014 - 13:55:22 EST


Only print one warning when a task is on the read_wait or write_wait
wait queue at final tty release.

Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.4.x+
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 1019025..cf7c9b8 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1709,6 +1709,7 @@ int tty_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
int idx;
char buf[64];
long timeout = 0;
+ int once = 1;

if (tty_paranoia_check(tty, inode, __func__))
return 0;
@@ -1789,8 +1790,11 @@ int tty_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
if (!do_sleep)
break;

- printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: %s: read/write wait queue active!\n",
- __func__, tty_name(tty, buf));
+ if (once) {
+ once = 0;
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: %s: read/write wait queue active!\n",
+ __func__, tty_name(tty, buf));
+ }
tty_unlock_pair(tty, o_tty);
mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
schedule_timeout_killable(timeout);
--
2.1.1

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