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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
index 23de97de09a4..b3a5e33948c1 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
@@ -242,7 +242,10 @@ void tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_ldisc *ld)
atomic_inc(&buf->priority);
mutex_lock(&buf->lock);
- while ((next = buf->head->next) != NULL) {
+ /* paired w/ release in __tty_buffer_request_room; ensures there are
+ * no pending memory accesses to the freed buffer
+ */
+ while ((next = smp_load_acquire(&buf->head->next)) != NULL) {
tty_buffer_free(port, buf->head);
buf->head = next;
}