linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] TTY: don't allow reopen when ldisc is changing

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Date:	Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:27:58 -0500
From:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>, gregkh@...e.de,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] TTY: don't allow reopen when ldisc is changing

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 08:46:18AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 11/26/2010 01:28 AM, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 06:16:23PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> >> -	if (test_bit(TTY_CLOSING, &tty->flags))
> >> +	if (test_bit(TTY_CLOSING, &tty->flags) ||
> >> +			test_bit(TTY_LDISC_CHANGING, &tty->flags))
> >>  		return -EIO;
> >>  
> >>  	if (driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY &&
> > 
> > Unfortunately, users report this doesn't seem to fix things for them
> > (built against 2.6.36 (plus another patch you wrote iirc.))
> 
> Which patches exactly do you have? You need three of mine in 2.6.36.
> 

Just tty-restore-tty_ldisc_wait_idle.patch on top of 2.6.36.1, I'll grab
the other two now.

--Kyle
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