On (09/03/18 17:52), Dmitry Safonov wrote:
>
> We've seen the following crash on v4.9.108 stable:
>
> BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000000002260
> IP: [..] n_tty_receive_buf_common+0x5f/0x86d
> Workqueue: events_unbound flush_to_ldisc
> Call Trace:
> [..] n_tty_receive_buf2
> [..] tty_ldisc_receive_buf
> [..] flush_to_ldisc
> [..] process_one_work
> [..] worker_thread
> [..] kthread
> [..] ret_from_fork
>
> tty_ldisc_reinit() should be called with ldisc_sem hold for writing,
> which will protect any reader against line discipline changes.
>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jsl...@suse.com>
> Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org # depends on commit b027e2298bd5 ("tty: fix
> data race between tty_init_dev and flush of buf")
I believe there's a "Fixes" tag for that
Fixes: b027e2298bd5 ("tty: fix data race between tty_init_dev and flush of buf")
Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
-ss
