linux-kernel - [39/55] virtio: console: Enable call to hvc

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Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:56:02 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: [39/55] virtio: console: Enable call to hvc_remove() on console port remove

2.6.38-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>

commit afa2689e19073cd2e762d0f2c1358fab1ab9f18c upstream.

This call was disabled as hot-unplugging one virtconsole port led to
another virtconsole port freezing.

Upon testing it again, this now works, so enable it.

In addition, a bug was found in qemu wherein removing a port of one type
caused the guest output from another port to stop working.  I doubt it
was just this bug that caused it (since disabling the hvc_remove() call
did allow other ports to continue working), but since it's all solved
now, we're fine with hot-unplugging of virtconsole ports.

Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/char/virtio_console.c |   11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -1280,18 +1280,7 @@ static void unplug_port(struct port *por
 		spin_lock_irq(&pdrvdata_lock);
 		list_del(&port->cons.list);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&pdrvdata_lock);
-#if 0
-		/*
-		 * hvc_remove() not called as removing one hvc port
-		 * results in other hvc ports getting frozen.
-		 *
-		 * Once this is resolved in hvc, this functionality
-		 * will be enabled.  Till that is done, the -EPIPE
-		 * return from get_chars() above will help
-		 * hvc_console.c to clean up on ports we remove here.
-		 */
 		hvc_remove(port->cons.hvc);
-#endif
 	}
 
 	/* Remove unused data this port might have received. */


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