linux-kernel - [PATCH] serial: core: Disable uart_start() on uart_remove_one

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Date:   Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:54:22 +0300
From:   Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>,
        Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] serial: core: Disable uart_start() on uart_remove_one_port()

While rebinding a uart device in a loop I noticed we may see a tx related
race on uart_remove_one_port():

uart_write from n_tty_write
n_tty_write from file_tty_write.constprop.0
file_tty_write.constprop.0 from vfs_write
vfs_write from ksys_write
ksys_write from ret_fast_syscall

Let's disallow tx on port->UPF_DEAD. This flag gets set before we start
tearing down the port in uart_remove_one_port().

Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static void __uart_start(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	struct uart_state *state = tty->driver_data;
 	struct uart_port *port = state->uart_port;
 
-	if (port && !uart_tx_stopped(port))
+	if (port && !(port->flags & UPF_DEAD) && !uart_tx_stopped(port))
 		port->ops->start_tx(port);
 }
 
-- 
2.40.0