Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=47c152b88c185c7e97462a35893df6e552075a8c Commit: 47c152b88c185c7e97462a35893df6e552075a8c Parent: 6ce0a856c10c8ab8568764436864616efa88e908 Author: Richard Purdie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AuthorDate: Tue Jan 29 10:21:56 2008 +0000 Committer: David Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CommitDate: Sun Feb 3 18:18:58 2008 +1100
[MTD] mtdoops: Ensure sequential write to the buffer Add a spinlock to ensure writes to the mtdoops buffer memory are sequential and don't race. Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c index 72c434c..1687521 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ #include <linux/workqueue.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/wait.h> +#include <linux/spinlock.h> #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h> #define OOPS_PAGE_SIZE 4096 @@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ struct mtdoops_context { int nextcount; void *oops_buf; + + /* writecount and disabling ready are spin lock protected */ + spinlock_t writecount_lock; int ready; int writecount; } oops_cxt; @@ -290,11 +294,22 @@ static void mtdoops_console_sync(void) { struct mtdoops_context *cxt = &oops_cxt; struct mtd_info *mtd = cxt->mtd; + unsigned long flags; if (!cxt->ready || !mtd || cxt->writecount == 0) return; + /* + * Once ready is 0 and we've held the lock no further writes to the + * buffer will happen + */ + spin_lock_irqsave(&cxt->writecount_lock, flags); + if (!cxt->ready) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cxt->writecount_lock, flags); + return; + } cxt->ready = 0; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cxt->writecount_lock, flags); schedule_work(&cxt->work_write); } @@ -304,6 +319,7 @@ mtdoops_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s, unsigned int count) { struct mtdoops_context *cxt = co->data; struct mtd_info *mtd = cxt->mtd; + unsigned long flags; if (!oops_in_progress) { mtdoops_console_sync(); @@ -313,6 +329,13 @@ mtdoops_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s, unsigned int count) if (!cxt->ready || !mtd) return; + /* Locking on writecount ensures sequential writes to the buffer */ + spin_lock_irqsave(&cxt->writecount_lock, flags); + + /* Check ready status didn't change whilst waiting for the lock */ + if (!cxt->ready) + return; + if (cxt->writecount == 0) { u32 *stamp = cxt->oops_buf; *stamp = cxt->nextcount; @@ -324,6 +347,11 @@ mtdoops_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s, unsigned int count) memcpy(cxt->oops_buf + cxt->writecount, s, count); cxt->writecount += count; + + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cxt->writecount_lock, flags); + + if (cxt->writecount == OOPS_PAGE_SIZE) + mtdoops_console_sync(); } static int __init mtdoops_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git-commits-head" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html