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linux/drivers/tty
Peter Hurley e3f5ff371c serial: 8250_dw: Fix deadlock in LCR workaround
commit 7fd6f640f2 upstream.

Trying to write console output from within the serial console driver
while the port->lock is held causes recursive deadlock:

  CPU 0
spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock)
printk()
  console_unlock()
    call_console_drivers()
      serial8250_console_write()
        spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock)
** DEADLOCK **

The 8250_dw i/o accessors try to write a console error message if the
LCR workaround was unsuccessful. When the port->lock is already held
(eg., when called from serial8250_set_termios()), this deadlocks.

Make the error message a FIXME until a general solution is devised.

Cc: Tim Kryger <tim.kryger@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2015-04-29 10:33:57 +02:00
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2013-05-20 12:15:59 -07:00