Char: mxser_new, fix recursive locking
Signed-off-by: Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak <kas@fi.muni.cz>
Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c b/drivers/char/mxser_new.c
index 9af07e4..59e0aac 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mxser_new.c
@@ -2230,7 +2230,14 @@
port->mon_data.rxcnt += cnt;
port->mon_data.up_rxcnt += cnt;
+ /*
+ * We are called from an interrupt context with &port->slock
+ * being held. Drop it temporarily in order to prevent
+ * recursive locking.
+ */
+ spin_unlock(&port->slock);
tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
+ spin_lock(&port->slock);
}
static void mxser_transmit_chars(struct mxser_port *port)