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Input producers release-publish canon_head and commit_head after updating the buffer and delimiter flags, and readers acquire those heads before copying data. Readers also release-publish read_tail before producers use it to calculate room. chars_in_buffer() and input_available_p() sample the same indices for availability and flow-control decisions, but use plain loads. That can miss the ordering used by the data-copy paths and can also let poll() observe termios-synthesized availability with weaker ordering than normal receive-side publication. Use acquire loads for the lockless head/tail samples in those helpers. When n_tty_set_termios() updates canonical/noncanonical availability, publish the updated heads with release stores as well. Keep the cached icanon bit as an intentionally lockless mode snapshot and annotate that access. Fixes: 70aca71f92ca ("n_tty: Fix unordered accesses to lockless read buffer= ") Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang --- drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c index e6a0f5b40d0a..56b0cd96a453 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c +++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c @@ -213,9 +213,17 @@ static void n_tty_kick_worker(const struct tty_struct = *tty) static ssize_t chars_in_buffer(const struct tty_struct *tty) { const struct n_tty_data *ldata =3D tty->disc_data; - size_t head =3D ldata->icanon ? ldata->canon_head : ldata->commit_head; + bool icanon =3D data_race((int)ldata->icanon); /* lockless snapshot */ + size_t head; + size_t tail; =20 - return head - ldata->read_tail; + if (icanon) + head =3D smp_load_acquire(&ldata->canon_head); /* producer publish */ + else + head =3D smp_load_acquire(&ldata->commit_head); /* producer publish */ + tail =3D smp_load_acquire(&ldata->read_tail); /* consumer publish */ + + return head - tail; } =20 /** @@ -1779,14 +1787,14 @@ static void n_tty_set_termios(struct tty_struct *tt= y, const struct ktermios *old bitmap_zero(ldata->read_flags, N_TTY_BUF_SIZE); ldata->line_start =3D ldata->read_tail; if (!L_ICANON(tty) || !read_cnt(ldata)) { - ldata->canon_head =3D ldata->read_tail; + smp_store_release(&ldata->canon_head, ldata->read_tail); /* publish */ ldata->push =3D 0; } else { set_bit(MASK(ldata->read_head - 1), ldata->read_flags); - ldata->canon_head =3D ldata->read_head; + smp_store_release(&ldata->canon_head, ldata->read_head); /* publish */ ldata->push =3D 1; } - ldata->commit_head =3D ldata->read_head; + smp_store_release(&ldata->commit_head, ldata->read_head); /* publish */ ldata->erasing =3D 0; ldata->lnext =3D 0; } @@ -1908,11 +1916,17 @@ static inline int input_available_p(const struct tt= y_struct *tty, int poll) { const struct n_tty_data *ldata =3D tty->disc_data; int amt =3D poll && !TIME_CHAR(tty) && MIN_CHAR(tty) ? MIN_CHAR(tty) : 1; + bool icanon =3D data_race((int)ldata->icanon); /* lockless snapshot */ + size_t tail =3D smp_load_acquire(&ldata->read_tail); /* consumer publish = */ + size_t head; =20 - if (ldata->icanon && !L_EXTPROC(tty)) - return ldata->canon_head !=3D ldata->read_tail; - else - return ldata->commit_head - ldata->read_tail >=3D amt; + if (icanon && !L_EXTPROC(tty)) { + head =3D smp_load_acquire(&ldata->canon_head); /* producer publish */ + return head !=3D tail; + } + + head =3D smp_load_acquire(&ldata->commit_head); /* producer publish */ + return head - tail >=3D amt; } =20 /** --=20 2.43.0