[PATCH] tty: serial: imx: move del_timer_sync() to avoid potential deadlock

Eric Miao eric.miao at linaro.org
Thu Dec 22 16:39:27 EST 2011


del_timer_sync() acquires its own lock and doesn't have to be nested
within the spinlock of sport->port.lock in imx_set_termios(),  which
will cause potential deadlock.  Fix this by moving it outside.

Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at freescale.com>
Cc: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo at linaro.org>
Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Eric Miao <eric.miao at linaro.org>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/imx.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 39bbce4..0f4ba21 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -904,6 +904,8 @@ imx_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
 			ucr2 |= UCR2_PROE;
 	}
 
+	del_timer_sync(&sport->timer);
+
 	/*
 	 * Ask the core to calculate the divisor for us.
 	 */
@@ -934,8 +936,6 @@ imx_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
 			sport->port.ignore_status_mask |= URXD_OVRRUN;
 	}
 
-	del_timer_sync(&sport->timer);
-
 	/*
 	 * Update the per-port timeout.
 	 */
-- 
1.7.5.4




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