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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/vt/vt.c61
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index b075489..08e303c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
#define CON_DRIVER_FLAG_MODULE 1
#define CON_DRIVER_FLAG_INIT 2
#define CON_DRIVER_FLAG_ATTR 4
+#define CON_DRIVER_FLAG_ZOMBIE 8
struct con_driver {
const struct consw *con;
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ static int set_vesa_blanking(char __user *p);
static void set_cursor(struct vc_data *vc);
static void hide_cursor(struct vc_data *vc);
static void console_callback(struct work_struct *ignored);
+static void con_driver_unregister_callback(struct work_struct *ignored);
static void blank_screen_t(unsigned long dummy);
static void set_palette(struct vc_data *vc);
@@ -183,6 +185,7 @@ static int blankinterval = 10*60;
core_param(consoleblank, blankinterval, int, 0444);
static DECLARE_WORK(console_work, console_callback);
+static DECLARE_WORK(con_driver_unregister_work, con_driver_unregister_callback);
/*
* fg_console is the current virtual console,
@@ -3605,7 +3608,8 @@ static int do_register_con_driver(const struct consw *csw, int first, int last)
for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CON_DRIVER; i++) {
con_driver = &registered_con_driver[i];
- if (con_driver->con == NULL) {
+ if (con_driver->con == NULL &&
+ !(con_driver->flag & CON_DRIVER_FLAG_ZOMBIE)) {
con_driver->con = csw;
con_driver->desc = desc;
con_driver->node = i;
@@ -3667,16 +3671,20 @@ int do_unregister_con_driver(const struct consw *csw)
struct con_driver *con_driver = &registered_con_driver[i];
if (con_driver->con == csw) {
- vtconsole_deinit_device(con_driver);
- device_destroy(vtconsole_class,
- MKDEV(0, con_driver->node));
+ /*
+ * Defer the removal of the sysfs entries since that
+ * will acquire the kernfs s_active lock and we can't
+ * acquire this lock while holding the console lock:
+ * the unbind sysfs entry imposes already the opposite
+ * order. Reset con already here to prevent any later
+ * lookup to succeed and mark this slot as zombie, so
+ * it won't get reused until we complete the removal
+ * in the deferred work.
+ */
con_driver->con = NULL;
- con_driver->desc = NULL;
- con_driver->dev = NULL;
- con_driver->node = 0;
- con_driver->flag = 0;
- con_driver->first = 0;
- con_driver->last = 0;
+ con_driver->flag = CON_DRIVER_FLAG_ZOMBIE;
+ schedule_work(&con_driver_unregister_work);
+
return 0;
}
}
@@ -3685,6 +3693,39 @@ int do_unregister_con_driver(const struct consw *csw)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_unregister_con_driver);
+static void con_driver_unregister_callback(struct work_struct *ignored)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ console_lock();
+
+ for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CON_DRIVER; i++) {
+ struct con_driver *con_driver = &registered_con_driver[i];
+
+ if (!(con_driver->flag & CON_DRIVER_FLAG_ZOMBIE))
+ continue;
+
+ console_unlock();
+
+ vtconsole_deinit_device(con_driver);
+ device_destroy(vtconsole_class, MKDEV(0, con_driver->node));
+
+ console_lock();
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(con_driver->con))
+ con_driver->con = NULL;
+ con_driver->desc = NULL;
+ con_driver->dev = NULL;
+ con_driver->node = 0;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(con_driver->flag != CON_DRIVER_FLAG_ZOMBIE);
+ con_driver->flag = 0;
+ con_driver->first = 0;
+ con_driver->last = 0;
+ }
+
+ console_unlock();
+}
+
/*
* If we support more console drivers, this function is used
* when a driver wants to take over some existing consoles