linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/6] TTY: fix fail path in tty

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:48:37 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	gregkh@...e.de
Cc:	jirislaby@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] TTY: fix fail path in tty_open

When tty_add_file fails we omit to clean up. Fix that by calling
tty_release appropriatelly.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_io.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 48eb1aa..2ec3df9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1894,6 +1894,7 @@ got_driver:
 	retval = tty_add_file(tty, filp);
 	if (retval) {
 		tty_unlock();
+		tty_release(inode, filp);
 		return retval;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.4.1


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