linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: Fix SIGTTOU not sent with tcflush()

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Date:	Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:24:13 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	codonell <codonell@...hat.com>, Eduard Benes <ebenes@...hat.com>,
	Karel Srot <ksrot@...hat.com>,
	Matt Newsome <mnewsome@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: Fix SIGTTOU not sent with tcflush()

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 08:13:04PM -0400, Peter Hurley wrote:
> Commit 'e7f3880cd9b98c5bf9391ae7acdec82b75403776'
>   tty: Fix recursive deadlock in tty_perform_flush()
> introduced a regression where tcflush() does not generate
> SIGTTOU for background process groups.
> 
> Make sure ioctl(TCFLSH) calls tty_check_change() when
> invoked from the line discipline.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v3.10+
> Reported-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Thanks for tracking this down, I'll queue it up tomorrow.

greg k-h
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