linux-kernel - Re: serial core: crash / race condition on unbind

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Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:35:38 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: serial core: crash / race condition on unbind

Hi Peter,

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com> wrote:
> On 03/11/2014 06:58 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>           [...]
>>>>
>>>>           /*
>>>>            * Indicate that there isn't a port here anymore.
>>>>            */
>>>>           uport->type = PORT_UNKNOWN;
>>>>
>>>>           state->uart_port = NULL;
>>>
>>>
>>> How did this ever work?
>>>
>>> Detaching the ll driver from the tty port in this manner is not ok;
>>> as you already note, it blows up if consoles are still running.
>>
>> No one unbinds serial drivers using serial_core, as all these drivers are
>> for fixed hardware?
>
> Yep, never tested until now :)
> Do you need this to work?

Well, "need" may be a bit strong. Crashes are not so nice.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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