From a57a7bf3fc7eff00f07eb9c805774d911a3f2472 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiri Slaby Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:12:06 +0200 Subject: TTY: define tty_wait_until_sent_from_close We need this helper to fix system stalls. The issue is that the rest of the system TTYs wait for us to finish waiting. This wasn't an issue with BKL. BKL used to unlock implicitly. This is based on the Arnd suggestion. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/linux/tty.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/tty.h') diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h index 6d5eceb165be..0ad68889fc1a 100644 --- a/include/linux/tty.h +++ b/include/linux/tty.h @@ -601,6 +601,24 @@ extern long vt_compat_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, extern void __lockfunc tty_lock(void) __acquires(tty_lock); extern void __lockfunc tty_unlock(void) __releases(tty_lock); +/* + * this shall be called only from where BTM is held (like close) + * + * We need this to ensure nobody waits for us to finish while we are waiting. + * Without this we were encountering system stalls. + * + * This should be indeed removed with BTM removal later. + * + * Locking: BTM required. Nobody is allowed to hold port->mutex. + */ +static inline void tty_wait_until_sent_from_close(struct tty_struct *tty, + long timeout) +{ + tty_unlock(); /* tty->ops->close holds the BTM, drop it while waiting */ + tty_wait_until_sent(tty, timeout); + tty_lock(); +} + /* * wait_event_interruptible_tty -- wait for a condition with the tty lock held * -- cgit v1.2.2