linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] ->signal->tty locking

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Date:	Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:08:03 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] ->signal->tty locking

Ar Maw, 2006-10-17 am 15:00 +0200, ysgrifennodd Peter Zijlstra:
> How about something like this; I'm still shaky on the lifetime rules of
> tty objects, I'm about to add a refcount and spinlock/mutex to
> tty_struct, this is madness....

It has two already.

I wouldn't worry about being shaky about the lifetime rules, thats a
forensics job at the moment.

> +	tty = current_get_tty();

Sensible way to go whichever path we use and once it returns a refcount
bumped object in future it'll clean up a lot more. get_current_tty or
just current_tty() would fit the naming in the kernel better

I agree entirely with the path this patch is taking.

Alan

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