Eric Lee / smarc-fsl-linux-kernel

04 Jun, 2011

1 commit

  • 55db4c64e   Revert "tty: make receive_buf() return the amout of bytes received" ... Browse Code »

    This reverts commit b1c43f82c5aa265442f82dba31ce985ebb7aa71c.

    It was broken in so many ways, and results in random odd pty issues.

    It re-introduced the buggy schedule_work() in flush_to_ldisc() that can
    cause endless work-loops (see commit a5660b41af6a: "tty: fix endless
    work loop when the buffer fills up").

    It also used an "unsigned int" return value fo the ->receive_buf()
    function, but then made multiple functions return a negative error code,
    and didn't actually check for the error in the caller.

    And it didn't actually work at all. BenH bisected down odd tty behavior
    to it:
    "It looks like the patch is causing some major malfunctions of the X
    server for me, possibly related to PTYs. For example, cat'ing a
    large file in a gnome terminal hangs the kernel for -minutes- in a
    loop of what looks like flush_to_ldisc/workqueue code, (some ftrace
    data in the quoted bits further down).

    ...

    Some more data: It -looks- like what happens is that the
    flush_to_ldisc work queue entry constantly re-queues itself (because
    the PTY is full ?) and the workqueue thread will basically loop
    forver calling it without ever scheduling, thus starving the consumer
    process that could have emptied the PTY."

    which is pretty much exactly the problem we fixed in a5660b41af6a.

    Milton Miller pointed out the 'unsigned int' issue.

    Reported-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
    Reported-by: Milton Miller
    Cc: Stefan Bigler
    Cc: Toby Gray
    Cc: Felipe Balbi
    Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman
    Cc: Alan Cox
    Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

    Linus Torvalds
     

23 Apr, 2011

1 commit

  • b1c43f82c   tty: make receive_buf() return the amout of bytes received ... Browse Code »

    it makes it simpler to keep track of the amount of
    bytes received and simplifies how flush_to_ldisc counts
    the remaining bytes. It also fixes a bug of lost bytes
    on n_tty when flushing too many bytes via the USB
    serial gadget driver.

    Tested-by: Stefan Bigler
    Tested-by: Toby Gray
    Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi
    Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

    Felipe Balbi
     

02 Mar, 2011

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05 Nov, 2010

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