linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 07/19] n_tty: Fix unsafe reference to "other" ldisc

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Date:	Sat, 9 Jan 2016 21:26:01 -0800
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/19] n_tty: Fix unsafe reference to "other" ldisc

On 01/09/2016 08:40 PM, Peter Hurley wrote:
> Although n_tty_check_unthrottle() has a valid ldisc reference (since
> the tty core gets the ldisc ref in tty_read() before calling the line
> discipline read() method), it does not have a valid ldisc reference to
> the "other" pty of a pty pair. Since getting an ldisc reference for
> tty->link essentially open-codes tty_wakeup(), just replace with the
> equivalent tty_wakeup().

Hi Greg,

Same here (forgot to re-mark this patch for stable).

Regards,
Peter Hurley