linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] PREEMPT_RT: USB serial gadget: Fix locking issue

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Message-Id: <1400752728-9495-1-git-send-email-jjhiblot@traphandler.com>
Date:	Thu, 22 May 2014 11:58:48 +0200
From:	Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@...phandler.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	balbi@...com, Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@...phandler.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] PREEMPT_RT: USB serial gadget: Fix locking issue

With CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL the tty_flip_buffer_push(..) actions are executed
immeditely (same behaviour as if low_latency flag was set). We thus have to
release port_lock before callng tty_flip_buffer_push().

This issue resultst of commits:
44a0c019: USB: g_serial: don't set low_latency flag
dc0cbd1b: serial: 8250: Call flush_to_ldisc when the irq is threaded

Signed-off-by: Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@...phandler.com>
---

changes since v1:
 - fix compilation problem: use port.tty instead of port->port_tty

 drivers/usb/gadget/u_serial.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/u_serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/u_serial.c
index b369292..3d4246d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/u_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/u_serial.c
@@ -549,12 +549,25 @@ static void gs_rx_push(unsigned long _port)
 		port->read_started--;
 	}

-	/* Push from tty to ldisc; without low_latency set this is handled by
-	 * a workqueue, so we won't get callbacks and can hold port_lock
-	 */
-	if (do_push)
+	/* Push from tty to ldisc */
+	if (do_push) {
+#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
+		/* without low_latency set this is handled by a workqueue, so
+		 * we won't get callbacks and can hold port_lock
+		*/
 		tty_flip_buffer_push(&port->port);
-
+#else
+		/* CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL makes this a synchronous action. and
+		 * it may trigger synchronous callbacks to this driver. We need
+		 * to release the lock.
+		*/
+		spin_unlock_irq(&port->port_lock);
+		tty_flip_buffer_push(&port->port);
+		spin_lock_irq(&port->port_lock);
+		/* tty may have been closed */
+		tty = port->port.tty;
+#endif
+	}

 	/* We want our data queue to become empty ASAP, keeping data
 	 * in the tty and ldisc (not here).  If we couldn't push any
--
1.9.2

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