Re: 2.5.x opps stopping serial

Ed Tomlinson (tomlins@cam.org)
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 21:50:39 -0400


On October 15, 2002 06:07 pm, Russell King wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 08:45:24AM -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > I have been seeing this during shutdown ever since I started using 2.5.
> > Figured I really should report it... There are three serial ports.
> > One for a serial console, the second for a backUPS ups, the third for
> > a (real) modem. Dist is debian sid.
>
> Can you try this patch please? It prevents the hangup code from
> setting info->tty to NULL while we're trying to open the port.

This fails to fix the problem (2.5.42-mm2) patch applied...

Oct 15 21:15:39 oscar -- MARK --
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: printing eip:
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: c0192b23
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: Oops: 0000
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: af_packet snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss sn
d-cs46xx snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec snd soundcore gameport softdog matroxfb_base matrox
fb_g450 matroxfb_DAC1064 g450_pll matroxfb_accel matroxfb_misc fbcon-cfb16 fbcon-cfb8 fbcon-cfb24 fbcon-cfb32 mga agpgar
t pppoe pppox ipchains msdos fat sd_mod floppy dummy bsd_comp ppp_generic slhc parport_pc lp parport ipip smbfs nls_cp85
0 nls_cp437 binfmt_aout autofs4 cdrom via-rhine mii tulip crc32 usb-storage scsi_mod pl2303 usbserial hid
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: CPU: 0
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: EIP: 0060:[uart_open+147/544] Not tainted
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: EIP is at uart_block_til_ready+0x15b/0x1a4
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: da040000 ecx: dffe381c edx: c15da294
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: esi: da041e84 edi: 00000202 ebp: c15da240 esp: da041e58
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: ds: 0068 es: 0068 ss: 0068
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: Process bkupsd (pid: 897, threadinfo=da040000 task=da316dc0)
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: Stack: c02863c0 da084000 c15da240 00000000 c0358724 dffe381c 00000000 da316dc0
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: c0110ea8 00000000 00000000 00000000 da316dc0 c0110ea8 c15da294 c15da294
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: c0192e19 da3018c0 c15da240 00000000 00000100 00000000 deffd214 da040000
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: Call Trace:
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: [default_wake_function+0/44] default_wake_function+0x0/0x2c
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: [default_wake_function+0/44] default_wake_function+0x0/0x2c
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: [uart_line_info+325/804] uart_open+0x1d9/0x220
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: [tty_open+918/924] tty_open+0x1e6/0x39c
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: [tty_release+43/92] tty_open+0x217/0x39c
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: [unregister_chrdev+1/176] get_chrfops+0xa1/0x164
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: [get_empty_filp+83/420] chrdev_open+0x5b/0x94
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: [get_unused_fd+237/392] dentry_open+0xb9/0x16c
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: [get_unused_fd+43/392] filp_open+0x43/0x4c
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: [sys_vhangup+40/48] sys_open+0x34/0x70
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: [syscall_call+7/11] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel:
Oct 15 21:26:32 oscar kernel: Code: f6 80 14 01 00 00 02 75 34 8b 44 24 44 50 e8 aa 6b 00 00 83
Oct 15 21:26:38 oscar pppd[646]: Terminating on signal 15.

Ideas?
Ed Tomlinson

>
> --- orig/drivers/serial/core.c Sat Oct 12 10:01:59 2002
> +++ linux/drivers/serial/core.c Tue Oct 15 23:00:50 2002
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
> * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
> USA *
> - * $Id: core.c,v 1.100 2002/07/28 10:03:28 rmk Exp $
> + * $Id: core.c,v 1.106 2002/08/02 12:55:07 rmk Exp $
> *
> */
> #include <linux/config.h>
> @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
> * Setup the RTS and DTR signals once the
> * port is open and ready to respond.
> */
> - if (info->tty->termios->c_cflag & CBAUD)
> + if (info->tty && info->tty->termios->c_cflag & CBAUD)
> uart_set_mctrl(port, TIOCM_RTS | TIOCM_DTR);
> }
>
> @@ -1196,13 +1271,13 @@
> }
> down(&port_sem);
> uart_shutdown(info);
> - up(&port_sem);
> uart_flush_buffer(tty);
> if (tty->ldisc.flush_buffer)
> tty->ldisc.flush_buffer(tty);
> tty->closing = 0;
> info->event = 0;
> info->tty = NULL;
> + up(&port_sem);
> if (info->blocked_open) {
> if (info->state->close_delay) {
> set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> @@ -1357,6 +1432,10 @@
> }
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Block the open until the port is ready. We must be called with
> + * port_sem held.
> + */
> static int
> uart_block_til_ready(struct file *filp, struct uart_info *info)
> {
> @@ -1374,7 +1453,7 @@
> /*
> * If we have been hung up, tell userspace/restart open.
> */
> - if (tty_hung_up_p(filp))
> + if (tty_hung_up_p(filp) || info->tty == NULL)
> break;
>
> /*
> @@ -1422,7 +1501,9 @@
> break;
>
> wait:
> + up(&port_sem);
> schedule();
> + down(&port_sem);
>
> if (signal_pending(current))
> break;
> @@ -1436,10 +1517,7 @@
> if (signal_pending(current))
> return -ERESTARTSYS;
>
> - if (info->tty->flags & (1 << TTY_IO_ERROR))
> - return 0;
> -
> - if (tty_hung_up_p(filp) || !(info->flags & UIF_INITIALIZED))
> + if (!info->tty || tty_hung_up_p(filp))
> return (port->flags & UPF_HUP_NOTIFY) ?
> -EAGAIN : -ERESTARTSYS;
>
> @@ -1451,7 +1529,6 @@
> struct uart_state *state = drv->state + line;
> struct uart_info *info = NULL;
>
> - down(&port_sem);
> if (!state->port)
> goto out;
>
> @@ -1480,7 +1557,6 @@
> }
>
> out:
> - up(&port_sem);
> return info;
> }
>
> @@ -1527,10 +1603,18 @@
> /*
> * FIXME: This one isn't fun. We can't guarantee that the tty isn't
> * already in open, nor can we guarantee the state of tty->driver_data
> + *
> + * We take the semaphore here to guarantee that we won't be re-entered
> + * while allocating the info structure, or while we request any IRQs
> + * that the driver may need. This also has the nice side-effect that
> + * it delays the action of uart_hangup, so we can guarantee that
> + * info->tty will always contain something reasonable.
> */
> + down(&port_sem);
> info = uart_get(drv, line);
> retval = -ENOMEM;
> if (!info) {
> + up(&port_sem);
> if (tty->driver_data)
> goto fail;
> else
> @@ -1543,6 +1627,7 @@
> * Any failures from here onwards should not touch the count.
> */
> tty->driver_data = info;
> + tty->alt_speed = 0;
> info->tty = tty;
> info->tty->low_latency = (info->port->flags & UPF_LOW_LATENCY) ? 1 : 0;
>
> @@ -1550,6 +1635,7 @@
> * If the port is in the middle of closing, bail out now.
> */
> if (tty_hung_up_p(filp) || (info->flags & UIF_CLOSING)) {
> + up(&port_sem);
> wait_event_interruptible(info->open_wait,
> !(info->flags & UIF_CLOSING));
> retval = (info->port->flags & UPF_HUP_NOTIFY) ?
> @@ -1571,20 +1657,16 @@
> }
>
> /*
> - * Start up the serial port. We have this semaphore here to
> - * prevent uart_startup or uart_shutdown being re-entered if
> - * we sleep while requesting an IRQ.
> + * Start up the serial port.
> */
> - down(&port_sem);
> retval = uart_startup(info, 0);
> - up(&port_sem);
> - if (retval)
> - goto fail;
>
> /*
> - * Wait until the port is ready.
> + * If we succeeded, wait until the port is ready.
> */
> - retval = uart_block_til_ready(filp, info);
> + if (retval == 0)
> + retval = uart_block_til_ready(filp, info);
> + up(&port_sem);
>
> /*
> * If this is the first open to succeed, adjust things to suit.

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