linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/9] tty: fix sanity check

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:01:33 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/9] tty: fix sanity check

From: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>

The WARN_ON() that was added to tty_reopen can be triggered in the specific
case of a hangup occurring during a re-open of a tty which is not in the
middle of being otherwise closed.

In that case however the WARN() is bogus as we don't hold the neccessary
locks to make a correct decision.

The case we should be checking is "if the ldisc is not changing and reopen
is occuring". We could drop the WARN_ON but for the moment the debug is more
valuable even if it means taking a mutex as it will find any other cases.

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
---

 drivers/char/tty_io.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 939e198..a3afa0c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -1263,7 +1263,9 @@ static int tty_reopen(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	tty->count++;
 	tty->driver = driver; /* N.B. why do this every time?? */

+	mutex_lock(&tty->ldisc_mutex);
 	WARN_ON(!test_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty->flags));
+	mutex_unlock(&tty->ldisc_mutex);

 	return 0;
 }

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