linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] pch_uart: Add eg20t_port lock field, avoid recursive spinlocks

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:14:47 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya.rohm@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
	Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tec-electronic.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] pch_uart: Add eg20t_port lock field, avoid
 recursive spinlocks

On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:41:46 -0700
Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 06/05/2012 04:48 PM, Tomoya MORINAGA wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> >> Are there still concerns about the additional lock? I'll resend V2
> >> tomorrow with the single whitespace fix if I don't hear anything back today.
> > 
> > I understand your saying. Looks good.
> > However, I am not expert of linux-uart core system.
> > So, I'd like UART maintainer to give us your opinion.
> 
> Greg, Alan,
> 
> any concerns with the locking approach I've adopted in the patch?

Only the one I noted in my reply the first time around which is that you
can't permit tty->low_latency=1 unless your tty receive path is not an
IRQ path. From a locking point of view the change makes sense anyway.

Going back over it your console locking also needs care - an oops or
printk within the areas the private lock covers will hang the box. That
should also probably be a trylock style lock as with the other lock on
that path

Alan
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