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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
index cc1e9850d65..d8210ca0072 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
@@ -413,7 +413,8 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
if (!test_and_set_bit(TTY_FLUSHING, &tty->flags)) {
- struct tty_buffer *head;
+ struct tty_buffer *head, *tail = tty->buf.tail;
+ int seen_tail = 0;
while ((head = tty->buf.head) != NULL) {
int count;
char *char_buf;
@@ -423,6 +424,15 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
if (!count) {
if (head->next == NULL)
break;
+ /*
+ There's a possibility tty might get new buffer
+ added during the unlock window below. We could
+ end up spinning in here forever hogging the CPU
+ completely. To avoid this let's have a rest each
+ time we processed the tail buffer.
+ */
+ if (tail == head)
+ seen_tail = 1;
tty->buf.head = head->next;
tty_buffer_free(tty, head);
continue;
@@ -432,7 +442,7 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
line discipline as we want to empty the queue */
if (test_bit(TTY_FLUSHPENDING, &tty->flags))
break;
- if (!tty->receive_room) {
+ if (!tty->receive_room || seen_tail) {
schedule_delayed_work(&tty->buf.work, 1);
break;
}