On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 3:49 AM Nicholas Piggin <npig...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:00:14 +0000 > Matteo Croce <mcr...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 2:35 PM Nicholas Piggin <npig...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:54:08 +0000 > > > Matteo Croce <mcr...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > > > With kernel 4.19.0-rc1 virtio_console hangs very often. > > > > I can always trigger the bug by pasting some characters in the > > > > terminal window, the console will stop receiving keypresses, but I can > > > > still see output from the console. > > > > Stangely, logging in the VM via SSH and sending lot of data to hvc0, > > > > like 'dmesg >/dev/hvc0' will fix the issue until the next paste. > > > > > > > > I did a git bisect and I've found that this is the offending commit, > > > > reverting it fixes it. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > commit ec97eaad1383ab2500fcf9a07ade6044fbcc67f5 > > > > Author: Nicholas Piggin <npig...@gmail.com> > > > > Date: Tue May 1 00:55:54 2018 +1000 > > > > > > > > tty: hvc: hvc_poll() break hv read loop > > > > > > Thanks for the report. I can't immediately see what the problem > > > is. Can you try get a stack trace of where it is stuck? > > > > > > > I tried but didn't get one. > > > > > Perhaps try this patch if you have time (it's a bit of a shot > > > in the dark). > > > > > > > Yes it seems to fix. Thanks! > > Okay sorry for the delay, I can reproduce it here and found a better > fix, if I could trouble you to test again. > > [PATCH] tty: hvc: hvc_poll() fix read loop hang >
Hi Nicholas, the patch works, but now pasting text inside the terminal is extremely slow, it feels worse than a 9600 baud serial line. Btw, I had to apply the patch by hand as it was corrupted, some lines were collapsed into one. Cheers, -- Matteo Croce per aspera ad upstream
