linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] drivers: tty: vt: vt.c: fixed segmentation fault in vt.c

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Message-ID: <20231102113926.2019-1-dimadrumspro@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu,  2 Nov 2023 12:39:26 +0100
From:   dimadrumspro@...il.com
To:     dimadrumspro@...il.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] drivers: tty: vt: vt.c: fixed segmentation fault in vt.c

From: Dima <dimadrumspro@...il.com>

The previous code lacked proper synchronization, leading to potential data corruption and crashes. Added a spin lock to protect shared variable 'scrollback_delta' to prevent concurrent access.

Signed-off-by: Dima <dimadrumspro@...il.com>
---
 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 5c47f77804f0..29cf7fe11662 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -301,12 +301,13 @@ static inline unsigned short *screenpos(const struct vc_data *vc, int offset,
 }
 
 /* Called  from the keyboard irq path.. */
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(scrolldelta_lock);
+
 static inline void scrolldelta(int lines)
 {
-	/* FIXME */
-	/* scrolldelta needs some kind of consistency lock, but the BKL was
-	   and still is not protecting versus the scheduled back end */
+	spin_lock(&scrolldelta_lock);
 	scrollback_delta += lines;
+	spin_unlock(&scrolldelta_lock);
 	schedule_console_callback();
 }
 
-- 
2.42.0