2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Alan Cox commit 4455e344959a217ffc28de2ab1af87541322b343 upstream. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c | 28 +++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c @@ -316,16 +316,19 @@ static void serial_do_down(struct usb_se * * Do the resource freeing and refcount dropping for the port. We must * be careful about ordering and we must avoid freeing up the console. + * + * Called when the last tty kref is dropped. */ -static void serial_do_free(struct usb_serial_port *port) +static void serial_do_free(struct tty_struct *tty) { + struct usb_serial_port *port = tty->driver_data; struct usb_serial *serial; struct module *owner; /* The console is magical, do not hang up the console hardware or there will be tears */ - if (port->console) + if (port == NULL || port->console) return; serial = port->serial; @@ -350,30 +353,12 @@ static void serial_close(struct tty_stru dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number); - /* FIXME: - This leaves a very narrow race. Really we should do the - serial_do_free() on tty->shutdown(), but tty->shutdown can - be called from IRQ context and serial_do_free can sleep. - - The right fix is probably to make the tty free (which is rare) - and thus tty->shutdown() occur via a work queue and simplify all - the drivers that use it. - */ - if (tty_hung_up_p(filp)) { - /* serial_hangup already called serial_down at this point. - Another user may have already reopened the port but - serial_do_free is refcounted */ - serial_do_free(port); - return; - } - if (tty_port_close_start(&port->port, tty, filp) == 0) return; - serial_do_down(port); tty_port_close_end(&port->port, tty); tty_port_tty_set(&port->port, NULL); - serial_do_free(port); + } static void serial_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty) @@ -1243,6 +1228,7 @@ static const struct tty_operations seria .chars_in_buffer = serial_chars_in_buffer, .tiocmget = serial_tiocmget, .tiocmset = serial_tiocmset, + .shutdown = serial_do_free, .proc_fops = &serial_proc_fops, }; -- 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/