On Wed, 5 Sep 2018 22:14:39 +1000
Nicholas Piggin [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Commit 550ddadcc758 ("tty: hvc: hvc_write() may sleep") broke the
termination condition in case the driver stops accepting characters.
This can result in unnecessary polling of the busy driver.
Restore it by testing the hvc_push return code.
Fixes: 550ddadcc758 ("tty: hvc: hvc_write() may sleep")
Tested-by: Matteo Croce <redacted>
Tested-by: Leon Romanovsky <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
---
drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
index bacf9b73ec98..c09a38fb0d66 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
@@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ static int hvc_write(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf, int count
return -EIO;
while (count > 0) {
+ int ret;
+
spin_lock_irqsave(&hp->lock, flags);
rsize = hp->outbuf_size - hp->n_outbuf;
That needs to be 'int ret = 0;' to avoid used uninitialized.
Let me know if I should resend the patches.
Thanks,
Nick