From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
sashiko-bot@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/4] serial: fix TIOCMIWAIT race
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:08:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260910130816.642699-4-johan@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260910130816.642699-1-johan@kernel.org>
The task state must be updated before checking the wakeup condition to
avoid missing a racing modem status update.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260904115542.E20D11F00A3D@smtp.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 139b93876229..f7b30f77b231 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -1230,12 +1230,12 @@ static int uart_wait_modem_status(struct tty_struct *tty, struct uart_state *sta
add_wait_queue(&port->delta_msr_wait, &wait);
for (;;) {
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+
uart_port_lock_irq(uport);
memcpy(&cnow, &uport->icount, sizeof(struct uart_icount));
uart_port_unlock_irq(uport);
- set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-
if (((arg & TIOCM_RNG) && (cnow.rng != cprev.rng)) ||
((arg & TIOCM_DSR) && (cnow.dsr != cprev.dsr)) ||
((arg & TIOCM_CD) && (cnow.dcd != cprev.dcd)) ||
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-10 13:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-10 13:08 [PATCH v4 0/4] serial: fix ioctl hangup race Johan Hovold
2026-09-10 13:08 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] serial: revert guards in uart_wait_modem_status() Johan Hovold
2026-09-10 13:08 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] serial: fix ioctl hangup race Johan Hovold
2026-09-10 13:08 ` Johan Hovold [this message]
2026-09-10 13:08 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] serial: abort TIOCMIWAIT on hangup Johan Hovold
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