linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 6/7] n_tty: Remove tty count checks from unthrottle

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Date:	Sat,  9 Jan 2016 21:45:13 -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,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/7] n_tty: Remove tty count checks from unthrottle

Since n_tty_check_unthrottle() is only called from n_tty_read()
which only originates from a userspace read(), the tty count cannot
be 0; the read() guarantees the file descriptor has not yet been
released.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
---
 drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 086fd99..5ae661c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -261,8 +261,6 @@ static void n_tty_check_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	if (tty->driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY) {
 		if (chars_in_buffer(tty) > TTY_THRESHOLD_UNTHROTTLE)
 			return;
-		if (!tty->count)
-			return;
 		n_tty_kick_worker(tty);
 		tty_wakeup(tty->link);
 		return;
@@ -281,8 +279,6 @@ static void n_tty_check_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 		tty_set_flow_change(tty, TTY_UNTHROTTLE_SAFE);
 		if (chars_in_buffer(tty) > TTY_THRESHOLD_UNTHROTTLE)
 			break;
-		if (!tty->count)
-			break;
 		n_tty_kick_worker(tty);
 		unthrottled = tty_unthrottle_safe(tty);
 		if (!unthrottled)
-- 
2.7.0