n_tty: Fix echo race

If a tty in N_TTY mode with echo enabled manages to get itself into a state
where
	- echo characters are pending
	- FASYNC is enabled
	- tty_write_wakeup is called from either
		- a device write path (pty)
		- an IRQ (serial)

then it either deadlocks or explodes taking a mutex in the IRQ path.

On the serial side it is almost impossible to reproduce because you have to
go from a full serial port to a near empty one with echo characters
pending. The pty case happens to have become possible to trigger using
emacs and ptys, the pty changes having created a scenario which shows up
this bug.

The code path is

	n_tty:process_echoes() (takes mutex)
	tty_io:tty_put_char()
	pty:pty_write  (or serial paths)
	tty_wakeup     (from pty_write or serial IRQ)
	n_tty_write_wakeup()
	process_echoes()
	*KABOOM*

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/char/n_tty.c b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
index 94a5d5020abcec935e08d6bc74180a249ea58423..ff47907ff1bf9f9ae8ddc3e073c06ae4f3a615df 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/char/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
@@ -1331,9 +1331,6 @@ handle_newline:
 
 static void n_tty_write_wakeup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-       /* Write out any echoed characters that are still pending */
-       process_echoes(tty);
-
        if (tty->fasync && test_and_clear_bit(TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP, &tty->flags))
                kill_fasync(&tty->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
 }