No tty driver modifies termios during throttle() or unthrottle().
Therefore, only read safety is required.

However, tty_throttle_safe and tty_unthrottle_safe must still be
mutually exclusive; introduce throttle_mutex for that purpose.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/tty/n_tty.c     | 4 ----
 drivers/tty/tty_io.c    | 1 +
 drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c | 8 ++++----
 include/linux/tty.h     | 1 +
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 3d334ef..dba7e99 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -1519,9 +1519,7 @@ static void __receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty, const 
unsigned char *cp,
                tty_set_flow_change(tty, TTY_THROTTLE_SAFE);
                if (receive_room(tty) >= TTY_THRESHOLD_THROTTLE)
                        break;
-               up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
                throttled = tty_throttle_safe(tty);
-               down_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
                if (!throttled)
                        break;
        }
@@ -2084,9 +2082,7 @@ do_it_again:
                        if (!tty->count)
                                break;
                        n_tty_set_room(tty);
-                       up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
                        unthrottled = tty_unthrottle_safe(tty);
-                       down_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
                        if (!unthrottled)
                                break;
                }
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 30201e6..55b8594 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2951,6 +2951,7 @@ void initialize_tty_struct(struct tty_struct *tty,
        tty->session = NULL;
        tty->pgrp = NULL;
        mutex_init(&tty->legacy_mutex);
+       mutex_init(&tty->throttle_mutex);
        init_rwsem(&tty->termios_rwsem);
        init_ldsem(&tty->ldisc_sem);
        init_waitqueue_head(&tty->write_wait);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
index 490e499..5e55ca4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ int tty_throttle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
        int ret = 0;
 
-       down_write(&tty->termios_rwsem);
+       mutex_lock(&tty->throttle_mutex);
        if (!test_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags)) {
                if (tty->flow_change != TTY_THROTTLE_SAFE)
                        ret = 1;
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ int tty_throttle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty)
                                tty->ops->throttle(tty);
                }
        }
-       up_write(&tty->termios_rwsem);
+       mutex_unlock(&tty->throttle_mutex);
 
        return ret;
 }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int tty_unthrottle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
        int ret = 0;
 
-       down_write(&tty->termios_rwsem);
+       mutex_lock(&tty->throttle_mutex);
        if (test_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags)) {
                if (tty->flow_change != TTY_UNTHROTTLE_SAFE)
                        ret = 1;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int tty_unthrottle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty)
                                tty->ops->unthrottle(tty);
                }
        }
-       up_write(&tty->termios_rwsem);
+       mutex_unlock(&tty->throttle_mutex);
 
        return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 1d1c7c6a..e56ab4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ struct tty_struct {
 
        struct mutex atomic_write_lock;
        struct mutex legacy_mutex;
+       struct mutex throttle_mutex;
        struct rw_semaphore termios_rwsem;
        spinlock_t ctrl_lock;
        /* Termios values are protected by the termios rwsem */
-- 
1.8.1.2

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