Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | [PATCH 3.10 14/31] serial: 8250_dw: Fix deadlock in LCR workaround | Date | Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:46:34 +0200 |
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3.10-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 | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c @@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ 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); + */ } } @@ -128,7 +131,10 @@ 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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