linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pty: cancel pty slave port buf's work in tty

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Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:22:55 +0000
From:   Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:     kpark3469@...il.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        jslaby@...e.com, keun-o.park@...kmatter.ae
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pty: cancel pty slave port buf's work in tty_release

> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> index dc60aee..a6ca634 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> @@ -1476,6 +1476,8 @@ static void release_tty(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx)
>  	if (tty->link)
>  		tty->link->port->itty = NULL;
>  	tty_buffer_cancel_work(tty->port);
> +	if (tty->link)
> +		tty_buffer_cancel_work(tty->link->port);
>  
>  	tty_kref_put(tty->link);
>  	tty_kref_put(tty);

This looks correct to me, but I do worry about deadlock cases we may be
adding.

Alan