tty: implement BTM as mutex instead of BKL
authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Fri, 6 Aug 2010 19:40:30 +0000 (21:40 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:47:44 +0000 (13:47 -0700)
The tty locking now follows the rules for mutexes, so
we can replace the BKL usage with a new subsystem
wide mutex.

Using a regular mutex here will change the behaviour
when blocked on the BTM from spinning to sleeping,
but that should not be visible to the user.

Using the mutex also means that all the BTM is now
covered by lockdep.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
drivers/char/Makefile
drivers/char/tty_mutex.c [new file with mode: 0644]
include/linux/tty.h

index 273cee1cc77bb7c96fc116bb99c0b08d95e4bd25..dc96416606051785d3a806181af0889182ff7d18 100644 (file)
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ FONTMAPFILE = cp437.uni
 
 obj-y   += mem.o random.o tty_io.o n_tty.o tty_ioctl.o tty_ldisc.o tty_buffer.o tty_port.o
 
+obj-y                          += tty_mutex.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS)      += pty.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS)      += pty.o
 obj-y                          += misc.o
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_mutex.c b/drivers/char/tty_mutex.c
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..1336975
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * drivers/char/tty_lock.c
+ */
+#include <linux/tty.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/semaphore.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+/*
+ * The 'big tty mutex'
+ *
+ * This mutex is taken and released by tty_lock() and tty_unlock(),
+ * replacing the older big kernel lock.
+ * It can no longer be taken recursively, and does not get
+ * released implicitly while sleeping.
+ *
+ * Don't use in new code.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(big_tty_mutex);
+struct task_struct *__big_tty_mutex_owner;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__big_tty_mutex_owner);
+
+/*
+ * Getting the big tty mutex.
+ */
+void __lockfunc tty_lock(void)
+{
+       struct task_struct *task = current;
+
+       WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner == task);
+
+       mutex_lock(&big_tty_mutex);
+       __big_tty_mutex_owner = task;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_lock);
+
+void __lockfunc tty_unlock(void)
+{
+       struct task_struct *task = current;
+
+       WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner != task);
+       __big_tty_mutex_owner = NULL;
+
+       mutex_unlock(&big_tty_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unlock);
index 0fbafb0b69bf2987de24fd940ec474d4251fa1c3..1437da3ddc629b7dc285e7cb4ce11e2b5400de7a 100644 (file)
@@ -578,20 +578,12 @@ extern int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 extern long vt_compat_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
                     unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 
+/* tty_mutex.c */
 /* functions for preparation of BKL removal */
-static inline void tty_lock(void) __acquires(kernel_lock)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_LOCK_KERNEL
-       /* kernel_locked is 1 for !CONFIG_LOCK_KERNEL */
-       WARN_ON(kernel_locked());
-#endif
-       lock_kernel();
-}
-static inline void tty_unlock(void) __releases(kernel_lock)
-{
-       unlock_kernel();
-}
-#define tty_locked()           (kernel_locked())
+extern void __lockfunc tty_lock(void) __acquires(tty_lock);
+extern void __lockfunc tty_unlock(void) __releases(tty_lock);
+extern struct task_struct *__big_tty_mutex_owner;
+#define tty_locked()           (current == __big_tty_mutex_owner)
 
 /*
  * wait_event_interruptible_tty -- wait for a condition with the tty lock held