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amiserial: prepare for locking relaxation in caller
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amiserial-prepare-for-locking-relaxation-in-caller.patch
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Subject: amiserial: prepare for locking relaxation in caller
From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Just wrap this one in a lock_kernel. As I understand it there is no M68K
SMP anyway.
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/char/amiserial.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN
drivers/char/amiserial.c~amiserial-prepare-for-locking-relaxation-in-caller
drivers/char/amiserial.c
---
a/drivers/char/amiserial.c~amiserial-prepare-for-locking-relaxation-in-caller
+++ a/drivers/char/amiserial.c
@@ -1074,6 +1074,7 @@ static int get_serial_info(struct async_
if (!retinfo)
return -EFAULT;
memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));
+ lock_kernel();
tmp.type = state->type;
tmp.line = state->line;
tmp.port = state->port;
@@ -1084,6 +1085,7 @@ static int get_serial_info(struct async_
tmp.close_delay = state->close_delay;
tmp.closing_wait = state->closing_wait;
tmp.custom_divisor = state->custom_divisor;
+ unlock_kernel();
if (copy_to_user(retinfo,&tmp,sizeof(*retinfo)))
return -EFAULT;
return 0;
@@ -1099,13 +1101,17 @@ static int set_serial_info(struct async_
if (copy_from_user(&new_serial,new_info,sizeof(new_serial)))
return -EFAULT;
+
+ lock_kernel();
state = info->state;
old_state = *state;
change_irq = new_serial.irq != state->irq;
change_port = (new_serial.port != state->port);
- if(change_irq || change_port || (new_serial.xmit_fifo_size !=
state->xmit_fifo_size))
+ if(change_irq || change_port || (new_serial.xmit_fifo_size !=
state->xmit_fifo_size)) {
+ unlock_kernel();
return -EINVAL;
+ }
if (!serial_isroot()) {
if ((new_serial.baud_base != state->baud_base) ||
@@ -1122,8 +1128,10 @@ static int set_serial_info(struct async_
goto check_and_exit;
}
- if (new_serial.baud_base < 9600)
+ if (new_serial.baud_base < 9600) {
+ unlock_kernel();
return -EINVAL;
+ }
/*
* OK, past this point, all the error checking has been done.
@@ -1157,6 +1165,7 @@ check_and_exit:
}
} else
retval = startup(info);
+ unlock_kernel();
return retval;
}
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