tty: Document locking for tty_port_close{,start,end}()
authorPeter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:16:59 +0000 (09:16 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 10 Jul 2014 23:05:19 +0000 (16:05 -0700)
commit0733db91d06a555b3f85f0b4c958c8949ed22e1d
tree514d09a3ecec59415638e6bce45cd7e4d2386e8f
parented617e44234ee03a60edbf0809f696f0b9cf1b90
tty: Document locking for tty_port_close{,start,end}()

The tty lock is held when the tty driver's .close method is called
(from the two lone call-sites of tty_release() and __tty_hangup()).
The call-tree audit[1] of tty_port_close(), tty_port_close_start,
and tty_port_close_end() is a closed graph of the callers of these
3 functions; ie., all callers originate from only tty_release()
or __tty_hangup().

Of these callers, none drop the tty lock.

Also, document tty_port_close_start() may drop and reacquire the
tty lock in tty_wait_until_sent_from_close(), which means the tty
or tty_port may have changed state (but not reopened or hung up).

[1]
Call-tree audit of tty_port_close, tty_port_close_start, and tty_port_close_end()

tty_release()
  tty->ops->close() --+
                      |
__tty_hangup()        |
  tty->ops->close() --+
                      |
                      +- rp_close():drivers/tty/rocket.c -------------------+
                      +- uart_close():drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c -----+
                      |                                                     +- tty_port_close_start()
                      |
                      |
                      +- close():drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c ------------------+
                      +- rs_close():drivers/tty/amiserial.c ----------------+
                      +- gsmtty_close():drivers/tty/n_gsm.c ----------------+
                      +- mxser_close():drivers/tty/mxser.c -----------------+
                      +- close():drivers/tty/synclink_gt.c -----------------+
                      +- mgsl_close():drivers/tty/synclink.c ---------------+
                      +- isdn_tty_close():drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c ------+
                      +- mgslpc_close():drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c --+
                      +- ircomm_tty_close():net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c ---+
                      |                                                     |
        rs_close():arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c                             |
       *line_close():arch/um/drivers/line.c                                 |
        gdm_tty_close():drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_tty.c
        fwtty_close():drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.c
        acm_tty_close():drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
        serial_close():drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
        pti_tty_driver_close():drivers/misc/pti.c
        ipoctal_close():drivers/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
        cy_close():drivers/tty/cyclades.c
        isicom_close():drivers/tty/isicom.c
        dashtty_close():drivers/tty/metag_da.c
        moxa_close():drivers/tty/moxa.c
        goldfish_tty_close():drivers/tty/goldfish.c
        ehv_bc_tty_close():drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c
        kgdb_nmi_tty_close():drivers/tty/serial/kgdb_nmi.c
        ifx_spi_close():drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c
        smd_tty_close():drivers/tty/serial/msm_smd_tty.c
        ntty_close():drivers/tty/nozomi.c
        capinc_tty_close():drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c
        tpk_close():drivers/char/ttyprintk.c
        sdio_uart_close():drivers/mmc/card/sdio_uart.c                      |
        rfcomm_tty_close():net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c                       |
                      |                                                     |
                      +- tty_port_close():drivers/tty/tty_port.c -----------+
                                                                            |
                                                                            +- tty_port_close_start()
                                                                            +- tty_port_close_end()

* line_close() is the .close method for 2 um drivers,
  declared in ./arch/um/drivers/stdio_console.c and
  in ./arch/um/drivers/ssl.c, and not called directly

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/tty/tty_port.c