linux-kernel - Re: proper tty-ldisc refcounting (was Re: WARNING at: drivers/char/tty

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Date:	Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:23:51 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...l.by>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: proper tty-ldisc refcounting (was Re: WARNING at:
 drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c)

On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 11:19:53PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 3 Aug 2009, Greg KH wrote:
> > 
> > Oh wait, the original problem, single user mode.  Hm, we need all of
> > these to fix that problem?  Or just the first one?
> 
> Patches 1-3 should fix that one. 4-5 are just cleanups with no semantic 
> changes.

Ok, but due to the lateness of the release cycle, is it worth it to add
those 3 right now?  Or do we just take the BUG_ON() out as it's pretty
harmless while shutting down in single user mode?

What do you think?

greg k-h
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