Return-Path: Message-ID: <52A1A84B.80409@freescale.com> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 18:34:51 +0800 From: Huang Shijie MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Huang Shijie CC: , , , Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] tty_ldisc: add more limits to the @write_wakeup References: <1384327803-5925-1-git-send-email-b32955@freescale.com> In-Reply-To: <1384327803-5925-1-git-send-email-b32955@freescale.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="GB2312" List-ID: =D3=DA 2013=C4=EA11=D4=C213=C8=D5 15:30, Huang Shijie =D0=B4=B5=C0: > In the uart_handle_cts_change(), uart_write_wakeup() is called after > we call @uart_port->ops->start_tx(). > > The Documentation/serial/driver tells us: > ----------------------------------------------- > start_tx(port) > Start transmitting characters. > > Locking: port->lock taken. > Interrupts: locally disabled. > ----------------------------------------------- > > So when the uart_write_wakeup() is called, the port->lock is taken by > the upper. See the following callstack: > > |_ uart_write_wakeup > |_ tty_wakeup > |_ ld->ops->write_wakeup > > With the port->lock held, we call the @write_wakeup. Some implemetation= of > the @write_wakeup does not notice that the port->lock is held, and it s= till > tries to send data with uart_write() which will try to grab the prot->l= ock. > A dead lock occurs, see the following log caught in the Bluetooth by ua= rt: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > BUG: spinlock lockup suspected on CPU#0, swapper/0/0 > lock: 0xdc3f4410, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: swapper/0/0, .owner_cpu: 0 > CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 3.10.17-16839-ge4a= 1bef #1320 > [<80014cbc>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0x138) from [<8001251c>] (show_stack= +0x10/0x14) > [<8001251c>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) from [<802816ac>] (do_raw_spin_lock= +0x108/0x184) > [<802816ac>] (do_raw_spin_lock+0x108/0x184) from [<806a22b0>] (_raw_spi= n_lock_irqsave+0x54/0x60) > [<806a22b0>] (_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x54/0x60) from [<802f5754>] (uart= _write+0x38/0xe0) > [<802f5754>] (uart_write+0x38/0xe0) from [<80455270>] (hci_uart_tx_wake= up+0xa4/0x168) > [<80455270>] (hci_uart_tx_wakeup+0xa4/0x168) from [<802dab18>] (tty_wak= eup+0x50/0x5c) > [<802dab18>] (tty_wakeup+0x50/0x5c) from [<802f81a4>] (imx_rtsint+0x50/= 0x80) > [<802f81a4>] (imx_rtsint+0x50/0x80) from [<802f88f4>] (imx_int+0x158/0x= 17c) > [<802f88f4>] (imx_int+0x158/0x17c) from [<8007abe0>] (handle_irq_event_= percpu+0x50/0x194) > [<8007abe0>] (handle_irq_event_percpu+0x50/0x194) from [<8007ad60>] (ha= ndle_irq_event+0x3c/0x5c) > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This patch adds more limits to the @write_wakeup, the one who wants to > implemet the @write_wakeup should follow the limits which avoid the dea= dlock. > > Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie > --- > include/linux/tty_ldisc.h | 5 ++++- > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h b/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h > index f15c898..539ccc5 100644 > --- a/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h > +++ b/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h > @@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ > * This function is called by the low-level tty driver to signal > * that line discpline should try to send more characters to the > * low-level driver for transmission. If the line discpline does > - * not have any more data to send, it can just return. > + * not have any more data to send, it can just return. If the line > + * discipline does have some data to send, please arise a tasklet > + * or workqueue to do the real data transfer. Do not send data in > + * this hook, it may leads to a deadlock. > * > * int (*hangup)(struct tty_struct *) > * just a ping. In actually, this is a BUG in the tty code or BT code. thanks Huang Shijie