Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932124Ab3IHDUH (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Sep 2013 23:20:07 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:55983 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753991Ab3IHDSf (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Sep 2013 23:18:35 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Amit Shah" , "Rusty Russell" Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:52:01 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [047/121] virtio: console: return -ENODEV on all read operations after unplug In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.4.101 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1799 Lines: 54 3.2.51-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Amit Shah commit 96f97a83910cdb9d89d127c5ee523f8fc040a804 upstream. If a port gets unplugged while a user is blocked on read(), -ENODEV is returned. However, subsequent read()s returned 0, indicating there's no host-side connection (but not indicating the device went away). This also happened when a port was unplugged and the user didn't have any blocking operation pending. If the user didn't monitor the SIGIO signal, they won't have a chance to find out if the port went away. Fix by returning -ENODEV on all read()s after the port gets unplugged. write() already behaves this way. Signed-off-by: Amit Shah Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c @@ -637,6 +637,10 @@ static ssize_t port_fops_read(struct fil port = filp->private_data; + /* Port is hot-unplugged. */ + if (!port->guest_connected) + return -ENODEV; + if (!port_has_data(port)) { /* * If nothing's connected on the host just return 0 in @@ -653,7 +657,7 @@ static ssize_t port_fops_read(struct fil if (ret < 0) return ret; } - /* Port got hot-unplugged. */ + /* Port got hot-unplugged while we were waiting above. */ if (!port->guest_connected) return -ENODEV; /* -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/