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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c index ee1c268f5f9d..4f34491b65c6 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c +++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c @@ -1432,6 +1432,12 @@ static void n_tty_receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *cp, */ if (tty->receive_room < TTY_THRESHOLD_THROTTLE) tty_throttle(tty); + + /* FIXME: there is a tiny race here if the receive room check runs + before the other work executes and empties the buffer (upping + the receiving room and unthrottling. We then throttle and get + stuck. This has been observed and traced down by Vincent Pillet/ + We need to address this when we sort out out the rx path locking */ } int is_ignored(int sig) |
