linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 36/76] tty: Make get_current

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Date:	Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:56:59 -0400
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>
To:	Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@...labs.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 36/76] tty: Make get_current_tty use a kref

On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 12:35:40PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
> >  		tty = get_current_tty();
> >  		if (!tty || tty->driver->major != IBM_TTY3270_MAJOR) {
> > -			mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
> > +			tty_kref_put(tty);
> 
> Should'nt mutex_unlock() be kept?

Yes.. although it gets fixed later but I will fix that as it will keep the
code bisectable.
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