linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/6] tty: Fix hangup race with TIOCSETD ioctl

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Date:	Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:04:50 -0400
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] tty: Fix hangup race with TIOCSETD ioctl

The hangup may already have happened; check for that state also.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index 6c63b73..08b8a1b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -546,10 +546,8 @@ int tty_set_ldisc(struct tty_struct *tty, int ldisc)
 	old_ldisc = tty->ldisc;
 	tty_lock(tty);
 
-	/* FIXME: for testing only */
-	WARN_ON(test_bit(TTY_HUPPED, &tty->flags));
-
-	if (test_bit(TTY_HUPPING, &tty->flags)) {
+	if (test_bit(TTY_HUPPING, &tty->flags) ||
+	    test_bit(TTY_HUPPED, &tty->flags)) {
 		/* We were raced by the hangup method. It will have stomped
 		   the ldisc data and closed the ldisc down */
 		tty_ldisc_enable_pair(tty, o_tty);
-- 
1.8.1.2

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