linux-kernel - [PATCH] tty: vt: Fix !TASK_RUNNING diagnostic warning from paste

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Message-Id: <1436748455-4310-1-git-send-email-peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Date:	Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:47:35 -0400
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tty: vt: Fix !TASK_RUNNING diagnostic warning from paste_selection()

Pasting text with gpm on a VC produced warning [1]. Reset task state
to TASK_RUNNING in the paste_selection() loop, if the loop did not
sleep.

[1]
WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 1960 at /home/peter/src/kernels/mainline/kernel/sched/core.c:7286 __might_sleep+0x7f/0x90()
do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=1 set at [<ffffffff8151805e>] paste_selection+0x9e/0x1a0
Modules linked in: btrfs xor raid6_pq ufs qnx4 hfsplus hfs minix ntfs msdos jfs xfs libcrc32c .....
CPU: 6 PID: 1960 Comm: gpm Not tainted 4.1.0-rc7+tty-xeon+debug #rc7+tty
Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T5400  /0RW203, BIOS A11 04/30/2012
 ffffffff81c9c0a0 ffff8802b0fd3ac8 ffffffff8185778a 0000000000000001
 ffff8802b0fd3b18 ffff8802b0fd3b08 ffffffff8108039a ffffffff82ae8510
 ffffffff81c9ce00 0000000000000015 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8185778a>] dump_stack+0x4f/0x7b
 [<ffffffff8108039a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8a/0xc0
 [<ffffffff81080416>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
 [<ffffffff810ddced>] ? __lock_acquire+0xe2d/0x13a0
 [<ffffffff8151805e>] ? paste_selection+0x9e/0x1a0
 [<ffffffff8151805e>] ? paste_selection+0x9e/0x1a0
 [<ffffffff810ad4ff>] __might_sleep+0x7f/0x90
 [<ffffffff8185f76a>] down_read+0x2a/0xa0
 [<ffffffff810bb1d8>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xb8/0xe0
 [<ffffffff8150d1dc>] n_tty_receive_buf_common+0x4c/0xba0
 [<ffffffff810dc875>] ? mark_held_locks+0x75/0xa0
 [<ffffffff81861c95>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x65/0x80
 [<ffffffff810b49a1>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x50
 [<ffffffff8150dd44>] n_tty_receive_buf2+0x14/0x20
 [<ffffffff81518117>] paste_selection+0x157/0x1a0
 [<ffffffff810b77b0>] ? wake_up_state+0x20/0x20
 [<ffffffff815203f8>] tioclinux+0xb8/0x2c0
 [<ffffffff81515bfe>] vt_ioctl+0xaee/0x11a0
 [<ffffffff810baf75>] ? sched_clock_local+0x25/0x90
 [<ffffffff810bbe11>] ? vtime_account_user+0x91/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8150810c>] tty_ioctl+0x20c/0xe20
 [<ffffffff810bbe11>] ? vtime_account_user+0x91/0xa0
 [<ffffffff810b49a1>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x50
 [<ffffffff810b4a69>] ? preempt_count_sub+0x49/0x50
 [<ffffffff811ab71c>] ? context_tracking_exit+0x5c/0x290
 [<ffffffff811ab71c>] ? context_tracking_exit+0x5c/0x290
 [<ffffffff81248b98>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x318/0x570
 [<ffffffff810dca8d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10
 [<ffffffff810dc9b5>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x115/0x1e0
 [<ffffffff81254acc>] ? __fget_light+0x6c/0xa0
 [<ffffffff81248e71>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
 [<ffffffff81862832>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x7a

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
---
 drivers/tty/vt/selection.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
index ea27804..939c4b6 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ int paste_selection(struct tty_struct *tty)
 			schedule();
 			continue;
 		}
+	       __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 		count = sel_buffer_lth - pasted;
 		count = tty_ldisc_receive_buf(ld, sel_buffer + pasted, NULL,
 					      count);
-- 
2.4.5

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