kernel.git/include/linux/tty_driver.h, branch linux-2.6.31.y

tty: throttling race fix

2009-06-11T15:50:59Z

The tty throttling code can race due to the lock drops. It takes very high loads but this has been observed and verified by Rob Duncan. The basic problem is that on an SMP box we can go CPU #1 CPU #2 need to throttle ? suppose we should buffer space cleared are we throttled yes ? - unthrottle call throttle method This changeet take the termios lock to protect against this. The termios lock isn't the initial obvious candidate but many implementations of throttle methods already need to poke around their own termios structures (and nobody really locks them against a racing change of flow control). This does mean that anyone who is setting tty->low_latency = 1 and then calling tty_flip_buffer_push from their unthrottle method is going to end up collapsing in a pile of locks. However we've removed all the known bogus users of low_latency = 1 and such use isn't safe anyway for other reasons so catching it would be an improvement. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

tty: Correct inline types for tty_driver_kref_get()

2009-04-07T15:44:04Z

tty_driver_kref_get() should be static inline and not extern inline (the latter even changed it's semantics in gcc >= 4.3). Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

proc tty: remove struct tty_operations::read_proc

2009-04-01T15:59:10Z

struct tty_operations::proc_fops took it's place and there is one less create_proc_read_entry() user now! Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan Cc: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

proc tty: add struct tty_operations::proc_fops

2009-04-01T15:59:08Z

Used for gradual switch of TTY drivers from using ->read_proc which helps with gradual switch from ->read_proc for the whole tree. As side effect, fix possible race condition when ->data initialized after PDE is hooked into proc tree. ->proc_fops takes precedence over ->read_proc. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan Cc: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

pty: simplify resize

2009-01-02T18:19:36Z

We have special case logic for resizing pty/tty pairs. We also have a per driver resize method so for the pty case we should use it. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Add an instance parameter devpts interfaces

2008-10-13T16:51:43Z

Pass-in 'inode' or 'tty' parameter to devpts interfaces. With multiple devpts instances, these parameters will be used in subsequent patches to identify the instance of devpts mounted. The parameters also help simplify devpts implementation. Changelog[v3]: - minor changes due to merge with ttydev updates - rename parameters to emphasize they are ptmx or pts inodes - pass-in tty_struct * to devpts_pty_kill() (this will help cleanup the get_node() call in a subsequent patch) Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

tty: More driver operations

2008-10-13T16:51:42Z

We have the lookup operation abstracted which is nice for pty cleanup but we really want to abstract the add/remove entries as well so that we can pull the pty code out of the tty core and create a clear defined interface for the tty driver table. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

tty: kref the tty driver object

2008-10-13T16:51:42Z

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

tty: Clean up the tty_init_dev changes further

2008-10-13T16:51:42Z

Fix up the naming, style and extract some bits of code into the driver specific code Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

tty: shutdown method

2008-10-13T16:51:42Z

Right now there are various drivers that try to use tty->count to know when they get the final close. Aristeau Rozanski showed while debugging the vt sysfs race that this isn't entirely safe. Instead of driver side tricks to work around this introduce a shutdown which is called when the tty is being destructed. This also means that the shutdown method is tied into the refcounting. Use this to rework the console close/sysfs logic. Remove lots of special case code from the tty core code. The pty code can now have a shutdown() method that replaces the special case hackery in the tree free up paths. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds