tty: BKL pushdown

- Push the BKL down into the line disciplines
- Switch the tty layer to unlocked_ioctl
- Introduce a new ctrl_lock spin lock for the control bits
- Eliminate much of the lock_kernel use in n_tty
- Prepare to (but don't yet) call the drivers with the lock dropped
  on the paths that historically held the lock

BKL now primarily protects open/close/ldisc change in the tty layer

[jirislaby@gmail.com: a couple of fixes]
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/n_r3964.c b/drivers/char/n_r3964.c
index 6b918b8..3f6486e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/n_r3964.c
+++ b/drivers/char/n_r3964.c
@@ -1075,12 +1075,15 @@ static ssize_t r3964_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 
 	TRACE_L("read()");
 
+	lock_kernel();
+
 	pClient = findClient(pInfo, task_pid(current));
 	if (pClient) {
 		pMsg = remove_msg(pInfo, pClient);
 		if (pMsg == NULL) {
 			/* no messages available. */
 			if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
+				unlock_kernel();
 				return -EAGAIN;
 			}
 			/* block until there is a message: */
@@ -1090,8 +1093,10 @@ static ssize_t r3964_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 
 		/* If we still haven't got a message, we must have been signalled */
 
-		if (!pMsg)
+		if (!pMsg) {
+			unlock_kernel();
 			return -EINTR;
+		}
 
 		/* deliver msg to client process: */
 		theMsg.msg_id = pMsg->msg_id;
@@ -1102,12 +1107,15 @@ static ssize_t r3964_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 		kfree(pMsg);
 		TRACE_M("r3964_read - msg kfree %p", pMsg);
 
-		if (copy_to_user(buf, &theMsg, count))
+		if (copy_to_user(buf, &theMsg, count)) {
+			unlock_kernel();
 			return -EFAULT;
+		}
 
 		TRACE_PS("read - return %d", count);
 		return count;
 	}
+	unlock_kernel();
 	return -EPERM;
 }
 
@@ -1156,6 +1164,8 @@ static ssize_t r3964_write(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 	pHeader->locks = 0;
 	pHeader->owner = NULL;
 
+	lock_kernel();
+
 	pClient = findClient(pInfo, task_pid(current));
 	if (pClient) {
 		pHeader->owner = pClient;
@@ -1173,6 +1183,8 @@ static ssize_t r3964_write(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 	add_tx_queue(pInfo, pHeader);
 	trigger_transmit(pInfo);
 
+	unlock_kernel();
+
 	return 0;
 }