Speakup opens tty using tty_open_by_driver. When closing, it calls tty_ldisc_release but doesn't close and remove the tty itself. As a result, that tty cannot be opened from user space. This patch calls tty_release_struct which ensures that tty is safely removed and freed up. It also calls tty_ldisc_release, so speakup doesn't need to call it. Signed-off-by: Okash Khawaja --- drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void spk_ttyio_release(void) tty_ldisc_flush(speakup_tty); tty_unlock(speakup_tty); - tty_ldisc_release(speakup_tty); + tty_release_struct(speakup_tty, speakup_tty->index); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spk_ttyio_release);