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Subject[PATCH 3.19 041/123] serial: 8250_dw: Fix deadlock in LCR workaround
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3.19-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>

commit 7fd6f640f2dd17dac6ddd6702c378cb0bb9cfa11 upstream.

Trying to write console output from within the serial console driver
while the port->lock is held causes recursive deadlock:

CPU 0
spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock)
printk()
console_unlock()
call_console_drivers()
serial8250_console_write()
spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock)
** DEADLOCK **

The 8250_dw i/o accessors try to write a console error message if the
LCR workaround was unsuccessful. When the port->lock is already held
(eg., when called from serial8250_set_termios()), this deadlocks.

Make the error message a FIXME until a general solution is devised.

Cc: Tim Kryger <tim.kryger@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ static void dw8250_serial_out(struct uar
dw8250_force_idle(p);
writeb(value, p->membase + (UART_LCR << p->regshift));
}
- dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ /*
+ * FIXME: this deadlocks if port->lock is already held
+ * dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ */
}
}

@@ -155,7 +158,10 @@ static void dw8250_serial_outq(struct ua
__raw_writeq(value & 0xff,
p->membase + (UART_LCR << p->regshift));
}
- dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ /*
+ * FIXME: this deadlocks if port->lock is already held
+ * dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ */
}
}
#endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
@@ -179,7 +185,10 @@ static void dw8250_serial_out32(struct u
dw8250_force_idle(p);
writel(value, p->membase + (UART_LCR << p->regshift));
}
- dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ /*
+ * FIXME: this deadlocks if port->lock is already held
+ * dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ */
}
}




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