linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] tty: Drop tty->count on tty

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Date:   Wed, 29 Aug 2018 03:23:50 +0100
From:   Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>,
        Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>,
        Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
        Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@....fi>,
        Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Tan Xiaojun <tanxiaojun@...wei.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] tty: Drop tty->count on tty_reopen() failure

In case of tty_ldisc_reinit() failure, tty->count should be decremented
back, otherwise we will never release_tty().
Never seen it in the real life, but it seems not really hard to hit.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 32bc3e3fe4d3..5e5da9acaf0a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1255,6 +1255,7 @@ static void tty_driver_remove_tty(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *
 static int tty_reopen(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	struct tty_driver *driver = tty->driver;
+	int retval;
 
 	if (driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY &&
 	    driver->subtype == PTY_TYPE_MASTER)
@@ -1268,10 +1269,14 @@ static int tty_reopen(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 	tty->count++;
 
-	if (!tty->ldisc)
-		return tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, tty->termios.c_line);
+	if (tty->ldisc)
+		return 0;
 
-	return 0;
+	retval = tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, tty->termios.c_line);
+	if (retval)
+		tty->count--;
+
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.13.6