[PATCH] tty: hvcs: Don't NULL tty->driver_data until hvcs_cleanup()

The code currently NULLs tty->driver_data in hvcs_close() with the
intent of informing the next call to hvcs_open() that device needs to be
reconfigured. However, when hvcs_cleanup() is called we copy hvcsd from
tty->driver_data which was previoulsy NULLed by hvcs_close() and our
call to tty_port_put(&hvcsd->port) doesn't actually do anything since
&hvcsd->port ends up translating to NULL by chance. This has the side
effect that when hvcs_remove() is called we have one too many port
references preventing hvcs_destuct_port() from ever being called. This
also prevents us from reusing the /dev/hvcsX node in a future
hvcs_probe() and we can eventually run out of /dev/hvcsX devices.

Fix this by waiting to NULL tty->driver_data in hvcs_cleanup().

Signed-off-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c
index 55105ac38f89..509d1042825a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c

@@ -1216,13 +1216,6 @@ static void hvcs_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 
 		tty_wait_until_sent(tty, HVCS_CLOSE_WAIT);
 
-		/*
-		 * This line is important because it tells hvcs_open that this
-		 * device needs to be re-configured the next time hvcs_open is
-		 * called.
-		 */
-		tty->driver_data = NULL;
-
 		free_irq(irq, hvcsd);
 		return;
 	} else if (hvcsd->port.count < 0) {

@@ -1237,6 +1230,13 @@ static void hvcs_cleanup(struct tty_struct * tty)
 {
 	struct hvcs_struct *hvcsd = tty->driver_data;
 
+	/*
+	 * This line is important because it tells hvcs_open that this
+	 * device needs to be re-configured the next time hvcs_open is
+	 * called.
+	 */
+	tty->driver_data = NULL;
+
 	tty_port_put(&hvcsd->port);
 }
 

-- 
2.27.0

On 8/20/20 4:46 PM, Tyrel Datwyler wrote:

The code currently NULLs tty->driver_data in hvcs_close() with the
intent of informing the next call to hvcs_open() that device needs to be
reconfigured. However, when hvcs_cleanup() is called we copy hvcsd from
tty->driver_data which was previoulsy NULLed by hvcs_close() and our
call to tty_port_put(&hvcsd->port) doesn't actually do anything since
&hvcsd->port ends up translating to NULL by chance. This has the side
effect that when hvcs_remove() is called we have one too many port
references preventing hvcs_destuct_port() from ever being called. This
also prevents us from reusing the /dev/hvcsX node in a future
hvcs_probe() and we can eventually run out of /dev/hvcsX devices.

Fix this by waiting to NULL tty->driver_data in hvcs_cleanup().

I just realized I neglected a Fixes tag.

Fixes: 27bf7c43a19c ("TTY: hvcs, add tty install")

-Tyrel

On 21. 08. 20, 1:46, Tyrel Datwyler wrote:

The code currently NULLs tty->driver_data in hvcs_close() with the
intent of informing the next call to hvcs_open() that device needs to be
reconfigured. However, when hvcs_cleanup() is called we copy hvcsd from
tty->driver_data which was previoulsy NULLed by hvcs_close() and our
call to tty_port_put(&hvcsd->port) doesn't actually do anything since
&hvcsd->port ends up translating to NULL by chance. This has the side
effect that when hvcs_remove() is called we have one too many port
references preventing hvcs_destuct_port() from ever being called. This
also prevents us from reusing the /dev/hvcsX node in a future
hvcs_probe() and we can eventually run out of /dev/hvcsX devices.

Fix this by waiting to NULL tty->driver_data in hvcs_cleanup().

Without actually looking into the code, it looks like we need a fix
similar to:
commit 24eb2377f977fe06d84fca558f891f95bc28a449
Author: Jiri Slaby [off-list ref]
Date:   Tue May 26 16:56:32 2020 +0200

    tty: hvc_console, fix crashes on parallel open/close

here too?

thanks,
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js