linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]: disassociate tty locking fixups

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Message-Id: <1160843359.5732.32.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:29:19 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org, arjan@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: disassociate tty locking fixups

Ar Sad, 2006-10-14 am 11:06 -0400, ysgrifennodd Prarit Bhargava:
> So the locking order is (for example):
> 
> mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
> read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> task_lock(current);
> 
> Correct?

Yes


Alan

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