linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH printk 09/18] serial: kgdboc: Lock console list in probe function

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Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:32:51 -0700
From:   Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH printk 09/18] serial: kgdboc: Lock console list in probe function

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 5:05 PM John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>
> Unprotected list walks are not necessarily safe.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
> Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c b/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c
> index 79b7db8580e0..af2aa76bae15 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c
> @@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ static int configure_kgdboc(void)
>         if (!p)
>                 goto noconfig;
>
> -       for_each_console(cons) {
> +       console_list_lock();
> +       for_each_registered_console(cons) {
>                 int idx;
>                 if (cons->device && cons->device(cons, &idx) == p &&
>                     idx == tty_line) {
> @@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ static int configure_kgdboc(void)
>                         break;
>                 }
>         }
> +       console_list_unlock();

Seems right to me, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>