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Message-ID: <20110209094434.3928bf26@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 09:44:34 +0000
From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Jayson R. King" <dev@...sonking.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Stable team <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.27.58-rc1 build error Re: [PATCH 21/23] hvc_console: Fix
race between hvc_close and hvc_remove
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:20:42 -0600
"Jayson R. King" <dev@...sonking.com> wrote:
> drivers/char/hvc_console.c: In function 'hvc_open':
> drivers/char/hvc_console.c:315: error: implicit declaration of function
> 'tty_kref_get'
> drivers/char/hvc_console.c:324: warning: assignment makes pointer from
> integer without a cast
> drivers/char/hvc_console.c:341: error: implicit declaration of function
> 'tty_kref_put'
> drivers/char/hvc_console.c: In function 'hvc_poll':
> drivers/char/hvc_console.c:558: warning: assignment makes pointer from
> integer without a cast
> drivers/char/hvc_console.c: In function 'hvc_remove':
> drivers/char/hvc_console.c:759: warning: assignment makes pointer from
> integer without a cast
>
> I don't see a tty_kref_get or tty_kref_put on 2.6.27. Those functions
> first appeared in 2.6.28.
Correct - for 2.6.27 I don't think you *can* make the tty layer
non-exploitable without a major backport
Alan
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