Re: pppd oopses current linu's git tree on disconnect

[Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>]

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 01:06 +0100, Diego Calleja wrote:
> I got this on my log files (56k serial modem, pentium 3 smp machine, the
> machine didn't hang, in fact I could connect again to send this bug
> report). If needed, here's the dmesg: http://www.terra.es/personal/diegocg/dmesg
> and .config: http://www.terra.es/personal/diegocg/.config. I've never seen
> this so I assumed it could be a problem with the "TTY layer buffering revamp"

Can you try the attached patch please?
Does this occur frequently?

Thanks

-- 
Paul Fulghum
Microgate Systems, Ltd
--- linux-2.6.16-rc1/include/linux/tty_flip.h	2006-01-19 10:18:49.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc1-mg/include/linux/tty_flip.h	2006-01-19 10:20:50.000000000 -0600
@@ -16,13 +16,23 @@ extern int tty_prepare_flip_string_flags
 _INLINE_ int tty_insert_flip_char(struct tty_struct *tty,
 				   unsigned char ch, char flag)
 {
-	struct tty_buffer *tb = tty->buf.tail;
+	struct tty_buffer *tb;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int rc;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->read_lock, flags);
+
+	tb = tty->buf.tail;
 	if (tb && tb->used < tb->size) {
 		tb->flag_buf_ptr[tb->used] = flag;
 		tb->char_buf_ptr[tb->used++] = ch;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->read_lock, flags);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	return tty_insert_flip_string_flags(tty, &ch, &flag, 1);
+	rc = tty_insert_flip_string_flags(tty, &ch, &flag, 1);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->read_lock, flags);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 _INLINE_ void tty_schedule_flip(struct tty_struct *tty)