[ 12/86] tty: Prevent deadlock in n_gsm driver

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-02-27T00:28:55Z

From: Dirkjan Bussink <d.bussink@gmail.com>

commit 4d9b109060f690f5c835130ff54165ae157b3087 upstream.

This change fixes a deadlock when the multiplexer is closed while there
are still client side ports open.

When the multiplexer is closed and there are active tty's it tries to
close them with tty_vhangup. This has a problem though, because
tty_vhangup needs the tty_lock. This patch changes it to unlock the
tty_lock before attempting the hangup and relocks afterwards. The
additional call to tty_port_tty_set is needed because otherwise the
port stays active because of the reference counter.

This change also exposed another problem that other code paths don't
expect that the multiplexer could have been closed. This patch also adds
checks for these cases in the gsmtty_ class of function that could be
called.

The documentation explicitly states that "first close all virtual ports
before closing the physical port" but we've found this to not always
reality in our field situations. The GPRS / UTMS modem sometimes crashes
and needs a power cycle in that case which means cleanly shutting down
everything is not always possible. This change makes it much more robust
for our situation where at least the system is recoverable with this patch
and doesn't hang in a deadlock situation inside the kernel.

The patch is against the long term support kernel (3.4.27) and should
apply cleanly to more recent branches. Tested with a Telit GE864-QUADV2
and Telit HE910 modem.

Signed-off-by: Dirkjan Bussink <dirkjan.bussink@nedap.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
drivers/tty/n_gsm.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
@@ -1692,6 +1692,8 @@ static inline void dlci_put(struct gsm_d
kref_put(&dlci->ref, gsm_dlci_free);
}

+static void gsm_destroy_network(struct gsm_dlci *dlci);
+
/**
* gsm_dlci_release - release DLCI
* @dlci: DLCI to destroy
@@ -1705,9 +1707,19 @@ static void gsm_dlci_release(struct gsm_
{
struct tty_struct *tty = tty_port_tty_get(&dlci->port);
if (tty) {
+ mutex_lock(&dlci->mutex);
+ gsm_destroy_network(dlci);
+ mutex_unlock(&dlci->mutex);
+
+ /* tty_vhangup needs the tty_lock, so unlock and
+ relock after doing the hangup. */
+ tty_unlock();
tty_vhangup(tty);
+ tty_lock();
+ tty_port_tty_set(&dlci->port, NULL);
tty_kref_put(tty);
}
+ dlci->state = DLCI_CLOSED;
dlci_put(dlci);
}

@@ -2933,6 +2945,8 @@ static void gsmtty_close(struct tty_stru

if (dlci == NULL)
return;
+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return;
mutex_lock(&dlci->mutex);
gsm_destroy_network(dlci);
mutex_unlock(&dlci->mutex);
@@ -2951,6 +2965,8 @@ out:
static void gsmtty_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return;
tty_port_hangup(&dlci->port);
gsm_dlci_begin_close(dlci);
}
@@ -2958,9 +2974,12 @@ static void gsmtty_hangup(struct tty_str
static int gsmtty_write(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf,
int len)
{
+ int sent;
struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return -EINVAL;
/* Stuff the bytes into the fifo queue */
- int sent = kfifo_in_locked(dlci->fifo, buf, len, &dlci->lock);
+ sent = kfifo_in_locked(dlci->fifo, buf, len, &dlci->lock);
/* Need to kick the channel */
gsm_dlci_data_kick(dlci);
return sent;
@@ -2969,18 +2988,24 @@ static int gsmtty_write(struct tty_struc
static int gsmtty_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return -EINVAL;
return TX_SIZE - kfifo_len(dlci->fifo);
}

static int gsmtty_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return -EINVAL;
return kfifo_len(dlci->fifo);
}

static void gsmtty_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return;
/* Caution needed: If we implement reliable transport classes
then the data being transmitted can't simply be junked once
it has first hit the stack. Until then we can just blow it
@@ -2999,6 +3024,8 @@ static void gsmtty_wait_until_sent(struc
static int gsmtty_tiocmget(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return -EINVAL;
return dlci->modem_rx;
}

@@ -3008,6 +3035,8 @@ static int gsmtty_tiocmset(struct tty_st
struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
unsigned int modem_tx = dlci->modem_tx;

+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return -EINVAL;
modem_tx &= ~clear;
modem_tx |= set;

@@ -3026,6 +3055,8 @@ static int gsmtty_ioctl(struct tty_struc
struct gsm_netconfig nc;
int index;

+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return -EINVAL;
switch (cmd) {
case GSMIOC_ENABLE_NET:
if (copy_from_user(&nc, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(nc)))
@@ -3052,6 +3083,9 @@ static int gsmtty_ioctl(struct tty_struc

static void gsmtty_set_termios(struct tty_struct *tty, struct ktermios *old)
{
+ struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return;
/* For the moment its fixed. In actual fact the speed information
for the virtual channel can be propogated in both directions by
the RPN control message. This however rapidly gets nasty as we
@@ -3063,6 +3097,8 @@ static void gsmtty_set_termios(struct tt
static void gsmtty_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return;
if (tty->termios->c_cflag & CRTSCTS)
dlci->modem_tx &= ~TIOCM_DTR;
dlci->throttled = 1;
@@ -3073,6 +3109,8 @@ static void gsmtty_throttle(struct tty_s
static void gsmtty_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return;
if (tty->termios->c_cflag & CRTSCTS)
dlci->modem_tx |= TIOCM_DTR;
dlci->throttled = 0;
@@ -3084,6 +3122,8 @@ static int gsmtty_break_ctl(struct tty_s
{
struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
int encode = 0; /* Off */
+ if (dlci->state == DLCI_CLOSED)
+ return -EINVAL;

if (state == -1) /* "On indefinitely" - we can't encode this
properly */