linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 034/129] staging/speakup: Use tty_ldisc

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:20:05 +0000
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 034/129] staging/speakup: Use tty_ldisc_ref() for paste kworker

3.16.7-ckt25 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------

From: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>

commit f4f9edcf9b5289ed96113e79fa65a7bf27ecb096 upstream.

As the function documentation for tty_ldisc_ref_wait() notes, it is
only callable from a tty file_operations routine; otherwise there
is no guarantee the ref won't be NULL.

The key difference with the VT's paste_selection() is that is an ioctl,
where __speakup_paste_selection() is completely async kworker, kicked
off from interrupt context.

Fixes: 28a821c30688 ("Staging: speakup: Update __speakup_paste_selection()
       tty (ab)usage to match vt")
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
index ca04d3669acc..34a6deef1d6c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ static void __speakup_paste_selection(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct tty_ldisc *ld;
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 
-	ld = tty_ldisc_ref_wait(tty);
+	ld = tty_ldisc_ref(tty);
+	if (!ld)
+		goto tty_unref;
 	tty_buffer_lock_exclusive(&vc->port);
 
 	add_wait_queue(&vc->paste_wait, &wait);
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ static void __speakup_paste_selection(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	tty_buffer_unlock_exclusive(&vc->port);
 	tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
+tty_unref:
 	tty_kref_put(tty);
 }