linux-kernel - [v2.6.34-stable 32/77] Staging: comedi: fix signal handling in read and write

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Date:	Tue, 8 Jan 2013 18:35:11 -0500
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: [v2.6.34-stable 32/77] Staging: comedi: fix signal handling in read and write

From: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...il.com>

                   -------------------
    This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
    If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
                   -------------------

commit 6a9ce6b654e491981f6ef7e214cbd4f63e033848 upstream.

After sleeping on a wait queue, signal_pending(current) should be
checked (not before sleeping).

Acked-by: Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...dd.com>
Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
---
 drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index 48ac52b..f6a0e76 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -1594,11 +1594,11 @@ static ssize_t comedi_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t nbytes,
 				retval = -EAGAIN;
 				break;
 			}
+			schedule();
 			if (signal_pending(current)) {
 				retval = -ERESTARTSYS;
 				break;
 			}
-			schedule();
 			if (!s->busy)
 				break;
 			if (s->busy != file) {
@@ -1701,11 +1701,11 @@ static ssize_t comedi_read(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t nbytes,
 				retval = -EAGAIN;
 				break;
 			}
+			schedule();
 			if (signal_pending(current)) {
 				retval = -ERESTARTSYS;
 				break;
 			}
-			schedule();
 			if (!s->busy) {
 				retval = 0;
 				break;
-- 
1.7.12.1

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