linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] tty: move the non-file related parts of tty_release to new tty_release

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Date:   Sun, 8 Jan 2017 23:42:48 +0100
From:   Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>,
        Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
        Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...el.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, NeilBrown <neil@...wn.name>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] tty: move the non-file related parts of tty_release
 to new tty_release_struct

Hi,

On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 10:26:27AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> For in-kernel tty users, we need to be able to create and destroy
> 'struct tty' that are not associated with a file. The creation side is
> fine, but tty_release() needs to be split into the file handle portion
> and the struct tty portion. Introduce a new function, tty_release_struct,
> to handle just the destroying of a struct tty.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  include/linux/tty.h  |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> index 734a635e7363..5ebc090ec47f 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> @@ -1744,6 +1744,29 @@ static int tty_release_checks(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +void tty_release_struct(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Ask the line discipline code to release its structures
> +	 */
> +	tty_ldisc_release(tty);
> +
> +	/* Wait for pending work before tty destruction commmences */
> +	tty_flush_works(tty);
> +
> +	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "freeing structure\n");
> +	/*
> +	 * The release_tty function takes care of the details of clearing
> +	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure. The tty_unlock_pair
> +	 * should be safe as we keep a kref while the tty is locked (so the
> +	 * unlock never unlocks a freed tty).
> +	 */
> +	mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
> +	release_tty(tty, idx);
> +	mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_release_struct);

tty_release_struct() is missing kernel docs.

> [...]

-- Sebastian

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