linux-kernel - Re: Kernel bug: bluetooth meets TTY layer

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Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:10:15 +1030
From:	David Newall <david@...idnewall.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel bug: bluetooth meets TTY layer

Hi Arjan,

I've not been able to find this file, "drivers/bluetooth/hci_tty.c", but 
anyway, This seems to be what happens: Hci_uart_close() flushes using 
hci_uart_flush().  Subsequently, in hci_dev_do_close(), (one step in 
hci_unregister_dev()), hci_uart_flush() is called again.  The comment in 
uart_flush_buffer(), relating to the WARN_ON(), indicates you can't 
flush after the port is closed; which sounds reasonable.  I think 
hci_uart_close() should set hdev->flush to NULL before returning.  
Hci_dev_do_close() does check for this.  The code path is rather 
involved and I'm not entirely clear of all steps, but I think that's 
what should be done.

Patch for stupidly obsolete kernel attached.

David

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