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authorPeter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>2015-04-13 13:24:34 -0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2015-05-10 19:26:37 +0200
commit1a48632ffed61352a7810ce089dc5a8bcd505a60 (patch)
tree7b0e4c2879f2becc07c09d289f4f65b32114854a /Documentation/serial
parent8f9cfeed3eae86c70d3b04445a6f2036b27b6304 (diff)
downloadlinux-1a48632ffed61352a7810ce089dc5a8bcd505a60.tar.bz2
pty: Fix input race when closing
A read() from a pty master may mistakenly indicate EOF (errno == -EIO) after the pty slave has closed, even though input data remains to be read. For example, pty slave | input worker | pty master | | | | n_tty_read() pty_write() | | input avail? no add data | | sleep schedule worker --->| | . |---> flush_to_ldisc() | . pty_close() | fill read buffer | . wait for worker | wakeup reader --->| . | read buffer full? |---> input avail ? yes |<--- yes - exit worker | copy 4096 bytes to user TTY_OTHER_CLOSED <---| |<--- kick worker | | **** New read() before worker starts **** | | n_tty_read() | | input avail? no | | TTY_OTHER_CLOSED? yes | | return -EIO Several conditions are required to trigger this race: 1. the ldisc read buffer must become full so the input worker exits 2. the read() count parameter must be >= 4096 so the ldisc read buffer is empty 3. the subsequent read() occurs before the kicked worker has processed more input However, the underlying cause of the race is that data is pipelined, while tty state is not; ie., data already written by the pty slave end is not yet visible to the pty master end, but state changes by the pty slave end are visible to the pty master end immediately. Pipeline the TTY_OTHER_CLOSED state through input worker to the reader. 1. Introduce TTY_OTHER_DONE which is set by the input worker when TTY_OTHER_CLOSED is set and either the input buffers are flushed or input processing has completed. Readers/polls are woken when TTY_OTHER_DONE is set. 2. Reader/poll checks TTY_OTHER_DONE instead of TTY_OTHER_CLOSED. 3. A new input worker is started from pty_close() after setting TTY_OTHER_CLOSED, which ensures the TTY_OTHER_DONE state will be set if the last input worker is already finished (or just about to exit). Remove tty_flush_to_ldisc(); no in-tree callers. Fixes: 52bce7f8d4fc ("pty, n_tty: Simplify input processing on final close") Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96311 BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1429756 Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.19+ Reported-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Reported-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
index 1e52d67d0abf..dbe6623fed1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ TTY_IO_ERROR If set, causes all subsequent userspace read/write
TTY_OTHER_CLOSED Device is a pty and the other side has closed.
+TTY_OTHER_DONE Device is a pty and the other side has closed and
+ all pending input processing has been completed.
+
TTY_NO_WRITE_SPLIT Prevent driver from splitting up writes into
smaller chunks.