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Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:33:28 -0400
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Subject: [PATCH -next 7/9] pty: Hold ctrl_lock for packet mode updates

Updates to the packet mode enable require holding the ctrl_lock;
the serialization prevents corruption of adjacent fields.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
---
 drivers/tty/pty.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index bcec4c7..7a1a538 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ static void pty_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 	set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
 	wake_up_interruptible(&tty->read_wait);
 	wake_up_interruptible(&tty->write_wait);
+	spin_lock_irq(&tty->ctrl_lock);
 	tty->packet = 0;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&tty->ctrl_lock);
 	/* Review - krefs on tty_link ?? */
 	if (!tty->link)
 		return;
-- 
2.1.1

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