The current driver triggers a lockdep warning for if tty_flip_buffer_push() is
called with uart_port->lock locked. This never shows up on UP kernels and comes
up only on SMP kernels.
Crash looks like this (produced with samsung.c driver):
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[<c0014d58>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xf8) from [<c0011908>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
[<c0011908>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) from [<c035da34>] (dump_stack+0x6c/0xac)
[<c035da34>] (dump_stack+0x6c/0xac) from [<c01b59ac>] (do_raw_spin_unlock+0xc4/0xd8)
[<c01b59ac>] (do_raw_spin_unlock+0xc4/0xd8) from [<c03627e4>] (_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xc/0)
[<c03627e4>] (_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xc/0x38) from [<c020a1a8>] (s3c24xx_serial_rx_chars+0)
[<c020a1a8>] (s3c24xx_serial_rx_chars+0x12c/0x260) from [<c020aae8>] (s3c64xx_serial_handle_irq+)
[<c020aae8>] (s3c64xx_serial_handle_irq+0x48/0x60) from [<c006aaa0>] (handle_irq_event_percpu+0x)
[<c006aaa0>] (handle_irq_event_percpu+0x50/0x194) from [<c006ac20>] (handle_irq_event+0x3c/0x5c)
[<c006ac20>] (handle_irq_event+0x3c/0x5c) from [<c006d864>] (handle_fasteoi_irq+0x80/0x13c)
[<c006d864>] (handle_fasteoi_irq+0x80/0x13c) from [<c006a4a4>] (generic_handle_irq+0x20/0x30)
[<c006a4a4>] (generic_handle_irq+0x20/0x30) from [<c000f454>] (handle_IRQ+0x38/0x94)
[<c000f454>] (handle_IRQ+0x38/0x94) from [<c0008538>] (gic_handle_irq+0x34/0x68)
[<c0008538>] (gic_handle_irq+0x34/0x68) from [<c00123c0>] (__irq_svc+0x40/0x70)
Exception stack(0xc04cdf70 to 0xc04cdfb8)
df60: 00000000 00000000 0000166e 00000000
df80: c04cc000 c050278f c050278f 00000001 c04d444c 410fc0f4 c03649b0 00000000
dfa0: 00000001 c04cdfb8 c000f758 c000f75c 60070013 ffffffff
[<c00123c0>] (__irq_svc+0x40/0x70) from [<c000f75c>] (arch_cpu_idle+0x28/0x30)
[<c000f75c>] (arch_cpu_idle+0x28/0x30) from [<c0054888>] (cpu_startup_entry+0x5c/0x148)
[<c0054888>] (cpu_startup_entry+0x5c/0x148) from [<c0497aa4>] (start_kernel+0x334/0x38c)
BUG: spinlock lockup suspected on CPU#0, kworker/0:1/360
lock: s3c24xx_serial_ports+0x1d8/0x370, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: <none>/-1, .owner_cpu: -1
CPU: 0 PID: 360 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 3.11.0-rc6-next-20130819-00003-g75485f1 #2
Workqueue: events flush_to_ldisc
[<c0014d58>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xf8) from [<c0011908>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
[<c0011908>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) from [<c035da34>] (dump_stack+0x6c/0xac)
[<c035da34>] (dump_stack+0x6c/0xac) from [<c01b581c>] (do_raw_spin_lock+0x100/0x17c)
[<c01b581c>] (do_raw_spin_lock+0x100/0x17c) from [<c03628a0>] (_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x20/0x28)
[<c03628a0>] (_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x20/0x28) from [<c0203224>] (uart_start+0x18/0x34)
[<c0203224>] (uart_start+0x18/0x34) from [<c01ef890>] (__receive_buf+0x4b4/0x738)
[<c01ef890>] (__receive_buf+0x4b4/0x738) from [<c01efb44>] (n_tty_receive_buf2+0x30/0x98)
[<c01efb44>] (n_tty_receive_buf2+0x30/0x98) from [<c01f2ba8>] (flush_to_ldisc+0xec/0x138)
[<c01f2ba8>] (flush_to_ldisc+0xec/0x138) from [<c0031af0>] (process_one_work+0xfc/0x348)
[<c0031af0>] (process_one_work+0xfc/0x348) from [<c0032138>] (worker_thread+0x138/0x37c)
[<c0032138>] (worker_thread+0x138/0x37c) from [<c0037a7c>] (kthread+0xa4/0xb0)
[<c0037a7c>] (kthread+0xa4/0xb0) from [<c000e5f8>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c)
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Release the port lock before calling tty_flip_buffer_push() and reacquire it
after the call.
Similar stuff was already done for few other drivers in the past, like:
commit 2389b27216
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Date: Tue May 29 21:53:50 2007 +0100
[ARM] 4417/1: Serial: Fix AMBA drivers locking
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
This driver supports the RocketPort EXPRESS and RocketPort INFINITY
families of PCI/PCIe multiport serial adapters. These adapters use a
"RocketPort 2" ASIC that is not compatible with the original RocketPort
driver (CONFIG_ROCKETPORT).
Tested with the RocketPort EXPRESS Octa DB9 and Quad DB9. Also added an
old RocketPort 8J PCI card to the same system to verify that rocket.c and
rp2.c coexist peacefully.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Viresh Kumar