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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-09-04 02:22:21 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-09-04 02:22:21 -0700
commita29889a5369d2604c2053bcd051519a2445d8a70 (patch)
treeb17e8258894d079b4168994d9438ba7d6e7d1523 /drivers/char
parente7a088f935180b90cfe6ab0aaae8a556f46885fe (diff)
parent37d0892c5a94e208cf863e3b7bac014edee4346d (diff)
downloadlinux-next-a29889a5369d2604c2053bcd051519a2445d8a70.tar.gz
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c
index 1733d3439ad2..e48af9f79219 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -508,8 +508,9 @@ static void tty_ldisc_restore(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_ldisc *old)
* be obtained while the delayed work queue halt ensures that no more
* data is fed to the ldisc.
*
- * In order to wait for any existing references to complete see
- * tty_ldisc_wait_idle.
+ * You need to do a 'flush_scheduled_work()' (outside the ldisc_mutex)
+ * in order to make sure any currently executing ldisc work is also
+ * flushed.
*/
static int tty_ldisc_halt(struct tty_struct *tty)
@@ -753,11 +754,14 @@ void tty_ldisc_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
* N_TTY.
*/
if (tty->driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS) {
+ /* Make sure the old ldisc is quiescent */
+ tty_ldisc_halt(tty);
+ flush_scheduled_work();
+
/* Avoid racing set_ldisc or tty_ldisc_release */
mutex_lock(&tty->ldisc_mutex);
if (tty->ldisc) { /* Not yet closed */
/* Switch back to N_TTY */
- tty_ldisc_halt(tty);
tty_ldisc_reinit(tty);
/* At this point we have a closed ldisc and we want to
reopen it. We could defer this to the next open but