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hvc_console: Remove tty->low_latency
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This patch removes the tty->low_latency setting.

For irq based hvc_console backends the tty->low_latency must be set to 0,
because the tty_flip_buffer_push() function must not be called from IRQ context
(see drivers/char/tty_buffer.c).

For polled backends, the low_latency setting causes the bug trace below, because
tty_flip_buffer_push() is called within an atomic context and subsequent calls
might sleep due to mutex_lock.

BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at /root/cvs/linux-2.6.git/kernel/mutex.c:207
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 748, name: khvcd
1 lock held by khvcd/748:
 #0:  (hvc_structs_lock){--..}, at: [<00000000002ceb50>] khvcd+0x58/0x12c
CPU: 0 Not tainted 2.6.29-rc1git torvalds#29
Process khvcd (pid: 748, task: 000000002fb9a480, ksp: 000000002f66bd78)
070000000000000a 000000002f66ba00 0000000000000002 (null)
       000000002f66baa0 000000002f66ba18 000000002f66ba18 0000000000104f08
       ffffffffffffc000 000000002f66bd78 (null) (null)
       000000002f66ba00 000000000000000c 000000002f66ba00 000000002f66ba70
       0000000000466af8 0000000000104f08 000000002f66ba00 000000002f66ba50
Call Trace:
([<0000000000104e7c>] show_trace+0x138/0x158)
 [<0000000000104f62>] show_stack+0xc6/0xf8
 [<0000000000105740>] dump_stack+0xb0/0xc0
 [<000000000013144a>] __might_sleep+0x14e/0x17c
 [<000000000045e226>] mutex_lock_nested+0x42/0x3b4
 [<00000000002c443e>] echo_char_raw+0x3a/0x9c
 [<00000000002c688c>] n_tty_receive_buf+0x1154/0x1208
 [<00000000002ca0a2>] flush_to_ldisc+0x152/0x220
 [<00000000002ca1da>] tty_flip_buffer_push+0x6a/0x90
 [<00000000002cea74>] hvc_poll+0x244/0x2c8
 [<00000000002ceb68>] khvcd+0x70/0x12c
 [<000000000015bbd0>] kthread+0x68/0xa0
 [<0000000000109d5a>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc
 [<0000000000109d54>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc
1 lock held by khvcd/748:
 #0:  (hvc_structs_lock){--..}, at: [<00000000002ceb50>] khvcd+0x58/0x12c

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]>
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hbrueckner authored and ozbenh committed Jan 16, 2009
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2 changes: 0 additions & 2 deletions drivers/char/hvc_console.c
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Expand Up @@ -318,8 +318,6 @@ static int hvc_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp)
} /* else count == 0 */

tty->driver_data = hp;
if (!hp->irq_requested)
tty->low_latency = 1; /* Makes flushes to ldisc synchronous. */

hp->tty = tty;

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