3.6.11.9-rc1 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Amit Shah [ Upstream commit 92d3453815fbe74d539c86b60dab39ecdf01bb99 ] SIGIO should be sent when a port gets unplugged. It should only be sent to prcesses that have the port opened, and have asked for SIGIO to be delivered. We were clearing out guest_connected before calling send_sigio_to_port(), resulting in a sigio not getting sent to processes. Fix by setting guest_connected to false after invoking the sigio function. CC: Signed-off-by: Amit Shah Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c index e6a51da..4df55cb 100644 --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c @@ -1290,12 +1290,14 @@ static void unplug_port(struct port *port) spin_unlock_irq(&port->portdev->ports_lock); if (port->guest_connected) { + /* Let the app know the port is going down. */ + send_sigio_to_port(port); + + /* Do this after sigio is actually sent */ port->guest_connected = false; port->host_connected = false; - wake_up_interruptible(&port->waitqueue); - /* Let the app know the port is going down. */ - send_sigio_to_port(port); + wake_up_interruptible(&port->waitqueue); } if (is_console_port(port)) { -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/