linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Char: tty_io, fix closecount counting

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Date:	Mon, 26 May 2008 17:22:52 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Char: tty_io, fix closecount counting

Jiri Slaby napsal(a):
> filp->f_op->write never equals to tty_write for the console device, so
> closecount++ is never reached and we don't close console device so many
> times we open it before. (The closecount is used only for /dev/console.)
[...]
>  drivers/char/tty_io.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
> index c9e6e24..8c7b6ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
> @@ -1434,9 +1434,9 @@ static void do_tty_hangup(struct work_struct *work)
>  	list_for_each_entry(filp, &tty->tty_files, f_u.fu_list) {
>  		if (filp->f_op->write == redirected_tty_write)
>  			cons_filp = filp;
> +		closecount++;
>  		if (filp->f_op->write != tty_write)
>  			continue;
> -		closecount++;

Hm, no, this is wrong.
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