tty: flush flip buffer on ldisc input queue flush
authorPaul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
Sat, 12 May 2007 17:36:55 +0000 (10:36 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 12 May 2007 17:55:39 +0000 (10:55 -0700)
Flush the tty flip buffer when the line discipline input queue is flushed,
including the user call tcflush(TCIFLUSH/TCIOFLUSH).  This prevents
unexpected stale data after a user application calls tcflush().

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Cc: Antonino Ingargiola <tritemio@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/char/tty_io.c

index bc849957508d305a283dbf28d65d5d54fd2b2e41..75d2a46e106fedf09630958ca24c1bf2909a25ad 100644 (file)
@@ -368,6 +368,29 @@ static void tty_buffer_free(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_buffer *b)
        }
 }
 
+/**
+ *     tty_buffer_flush                -       flush full tty buffers
+ *     @tty: tty to flush
+ *
+ *     flush all the buffers containing receive data
+ *
+ *     Locking: none
+ */
+
+static void tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+       struct tty_buffer *thead;
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
+       while((thead = tty->buf.head) != NULL) {
+               tty->buf.head = thead->next;
+               tty_buffer_free(tty, thead);
+       }
+       tty->buf.tail = NULL;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
+}
+
 /**
  *     tty_buffer_find         -       find a free tty buffer
  *     @tty: tty owning the buffer
@@ -1248,6 +1271,7 @@ void tty_ldisc_flush(struct tty_struct *tty)
                        ld->flush_buffer(tty);
                tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
        }
+       tty_buffer_flush(tty);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_ldisc_flush);
@@ -3350,6 +3374,15 @@ int tty_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * file,
                case TIOCMBIC:
                case TIOCMBIS:
                        return tty_tiocmset(tty, file, cmd, p);
+               case TCFLSH:
+                       switch (arg) {
+                       case TCIFLUSH:
+                       case TCIOFLUSH:
+                               /* flush tty buffer and allow ldisc to process ioctl */
+                               tty_buffer_flush(tty);
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       break;
        }
        if (tty->driver->ioctl) {
                retval = (tty->driver->ioctl)(tty, file, cmd, arg);