tty: Minor tidyups and document fixes for n_tty

Remove/fix some bogus NULL checks, comment some locking etc

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/n_tty.c b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
index b4f5dccad2a6..c0285b95cf94 100644
--- a/drivers/char/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static inline int tty_put_user(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char x,
 
 static void n_tty_set_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
+        /* tty->read_cnt is not read locked ? */
         int     left = N_TTY_BUF_SIZE - tty->read_cnt - 1;
 
         /*
@@ -121,6 +122,16 @@ static void put_tty_queue_nolock(unsigned char c, struct tty_struct *tty)
         }
 }
 
+/**
+ *      put_tty_queue           -       add character to tty
+ *      @c: character
+ *      @tty: tty device
+ *
+ *      Add a character to the tty read_buf queue. This is done under the
+ *      read_lock to serialize character addition and also to protect us
+ *      against parallel reads or flushes
+ */
+
 static void put_tty_queue(unsigned char c, struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
@@ -137,14 +148,11 @@ static void put_tty_queue(unsigned char c, struct tty_struct *tty)
  *      check_unthrottle        -       allow new receive data
  *      @tty; tty device
  *
- *      Check whether to call the driver.unthrottle function.
- *      We test the TTY_THROTTLED bit first so that it always
- *      indicates the current state. The decision about whether
- *      it is worth allowing more input has been taken by the caller.
+ *      Check whether to call the driver unthrottle functions
+ *
  *      Can sleep, may be called under the atomic_read_lock mutex but
  *      this is not guaranteed.
  */
-
 static void check_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
         if (tty->count)
@@ -158,6 +166,8 @@ static void check_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
  *      Reset the read buffer counters, clear the flags,
  *      and make sure the driver is unthrottled. Called
  *      from n_tty_open() and n_tty_flush_buffer().
+ *
+ *      Locking: tty_read_lock for read fields.
  */
 static void reset_buffer_flags(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
@@ -181,7 +191,7 @@ static void reset_buffer_flags(struct tty_struct *tty)
  *      at hangup) or when the N_TTY line discipline internally has to
  *      clean the pending queue (for example some signals).
  *
- *      Locking: ctrl_lock
+ *      Locking: ctrl_lock, read_lock.
  */
 
 static void n_tty_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
@@ -207,6 +217,8 @@ static void n_tty_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
  *
  *      Report the number of characters buffered to be delivered to user
  *      at this instant in time.
+ *
+ *      Locking: read_lock
  */
 
 static ssize_t n_tty_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
@@ -410,6 +422,8 @@ break_out:
  *
  *      Echo user input back onto the screen. This must be called only when
  *      L_ECHO(tty) is true. Called from the driver receive_buf path.
+ *
+ *      Relies on BKL for tty column locking
  */
 
 static void echo_char(unsigned char c, struct tty_struct *tty)
@@ -422,6 +436,12 @@ static void echo_char(unsigned char c, struct tty_struct *tty)
                 opost(c, tty);
 }
 
+/**
+ *      finsh_erasing           -       complete erase
+ *      @tty: tty doing the erase
+ *
+ *      Relies on BKL for tty column locking
+ */
 static inline void finish_erasing(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
         if (tty->erasing) {
@@ -439,6 +459,8 @@ static inline void finish_erasing(struct tty_struct *tty)
  *      Perform erase and necessary output when an erase character is
  *      present in the stream from the driver layer. Handles the complexities
  *      of UTF-8 multibyte symbols.
+ *
+ *      Locking: read_lock for tty buffers, BKL for column/erasing state
  */
 
 static void eraser(unsigned char c, struct tty_struct *tty)
@@ -447,6 +469,7 @@ static void eraser(unsigned char c, struct tty_struct *tty)
         int head, seen_alnums, cnt;
         unsigned long flags;
 
+        /* FIXME: locking needed ? */
         if (tty->read_head == tty->canon_head) {
                 /* opost('\a', tty); */         /* what do you think? */
                 return;
@@ -481,6 +504,7 @@ static void eraser(unsigned char c, struct tty_struct *tty)
         }
 
         seen_alnums = 0;
+        /* FIXME: Locking ?? */
         while (tty->read_head != tty->canon_head) {
                 head = tty->read_head;
 
@@ -583,6 +607,8 @@ static void eraser(unsigned char c, struct tty_struct *tty)
  *      may caus terminal flushing to take place according to the termios
  *      settings and character used. Called from the driver receive_buf
  *      path so serialized.
+ *
+ *      Locking: ctrl_lock, read_lock (both via flush buffer)
  */
 
 static inline void isig(int sig, struct tty_struct *tty, int flush)
@@ -1007,6 +1033,8 @@ int is_ignored(int sig)
  *      and is protected from re-entry by the tty layer. The user is
  *      guaranteed that this function will not be re-entered or in progress
  *      when the ldisc is closed.
+ *
+ *      Locking: Caller holds tty->termios_mutex
  */
 
 static void n_tty_set_termios(struct tty_struct *tty, struct ktermios *old)
@@ -1266,10 +1294,7 @@ static ssize_t read_chan(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 
 do_it_again:
 
-        if (!tty->read_buf) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR "n_tty_read_chan: read_buf == NULL?!?\n");
-                return -EIO;
-        }
+        BUG_ON(!tty->read_buf);
 
         c = job_control(tty, file);
         if (c < 0)
@@ -1589,7 +1614,7 @@ static unsigned long inq_canon(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
         int nr, head, tail;
 
-        if (!tty->canon_data || !tty->read_buf)
+        if (!tty->canon_data)
                 return 0;
         head = tty->canon_head;
         tail = tty->read_tail;
@@ -1613,6 +1638,7 @@ static int n_tty_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
         case TIOCOUTQ:
                 return put_user(tty_chars_in_buffer(tty), (int __user *) arg);
         case TIOCINQ:
+                /* FIXME: Locking */
                 retval = tty->read_cnt;
                 if (L_ICANON(tty))
                         retval = inq_canon(tty);