linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 1/4] tty: Drop tty->count on tty

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Date:   Tue, 4 Sep 2018 10:58:54 +0200
From:   Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:     Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net>,
        Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@...il.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Nathan March <nathan@...net>,
        Tan Xiaojun <tanxiaojun@...wei.com>,
        Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@....fi>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>,
        Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/4] tty: Drop tty->count on tty_reopen() failure

On 09/03/2018, 06:52 PM, Dmitry Safonov wrote:
> In case of tty_ldisc_reinit() failure, tty->count should be decremented
> back, otherwise we will never release_tty().
> Tetsuo reported that it fixes noisy warnings on tty release like:
>   pts pts4033: tty_release: tty->count(10529) != (#fd's(7) + #kopen's(0))
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v4.6+
> Fixes: commit 892d1fa7eaae ("tty: Destroy ldisc instance on hangup")
> Tested-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>

> Tested-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs