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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c index 6f4c7d0a53b..2401dbcbee9 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c +++ b/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c @@ -97,14 +97,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_driver_flush_buffer); * @tty: terminal * * Indicate that a tty should stop transmitting data down the stack. + * Takes the termios mutex to protect against parallel throttle/unthrottle + * and also to ensure the driver can consistently reference its own + * termios data at this point when implementing software flow control. */ void tty_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty) { + mutex_lock(&tty->termios_mutex); /* check TTY_THROTTLED first so it indicates our state */ if (!test_and_set_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags) && tty->ops->throttle) tty->ops->throttle(tty); + mutex_unlock(&tty->termios_mutex); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_throttle); @@ -113,13 +118,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_throttle); * @tty: terminal * * Indicate that a tty may continue transmitting data down the stack. + * Takes the termios mutex to protect against parallel throttle/unthrottle + * and also to ensure the driver can consistently reference its own + * termios data at this point when implementing software flow control. + * + * Drivers should however remember that the stack can issue a throttle, + * then change flow control method, then unthrottle. */ void tty_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty) { + mutex_lock(&tty->termios_mutex); if (test_and_clear_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags) && tty->ops->unthrottle) tty->ops->unthrottle(tty); + mutex_unlock(&tty->termios_mutex); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unthrottle); |