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tty: Convert tty_struct bitfield to ints

The stopped, hw_stopped, flow_stopped and packet bits are smp-unsafe
and interrupt-unsafe. For example,

CPU 0                         | CPU 1
                              |
tty->flow_stopped = 1         | tty->hw_stopped = 0

One of these updates will be corrupted, as the bitwise operation
on the bitfield is non-atomic.

Ensure each flag has a separate memory location, so concurrent
updates do not corrupt orthogonal states. Because DEC Alpha EV4 and EV5
cpus (from 1995) perform RMW on smaller-than-machine-word storage,
"separate memory location" must be int instead of byte.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Peter Hurley 11 years ago
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      include/linux/tty.h

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include/linux/tty.h

@@ -261,7 +261,10 @@ struct tty_struct {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int count;
 	struct winsize winsize;		/* winsize_mutex */
-	unsigned char stopped:1, hw_stopped:1, flow_stopped:1, packet:1;
+	int stopped;
+	int flow_stopped;
+	int hw_stopped;
+	int packet;
 	unsigned char ctrl_status;	/* ctrl_lock */
 	unsigned int receive_room;	/* Bytes free for queue */
 	int flow_change;