linux-kernel - [PATCH] tty: drop outdated comments about release

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Message-Id: <20200224073359.292795-1-ebiggers@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:33:59 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] tty: drop outdated comments about release_tty() locking

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

The current version of the TTY code unlocks the tty_struct(s) before
release_tty() rather than after.  Moreover, tty_unlock_pair() no longer
exists.  Thus, remove the outdated comments regarding tty_unlock_pair().

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index a1453fe108621..1fcf7ad83dfa0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1589,9 +1589,7 @@ void tty_kclose(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "freeing structure\n");
 	/*
 	 * The release_tty function takes care of the details of clearing
-	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure. The tty_unlock_pair
-	 * should be safe as we keep a kref while the tty is locked (so the
-	 * unlock never unlocks a freed tty).
+	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
 	tty_port_set_kopened(tty->port, 0);
@@ -1621,9 +1619,7 @@ void tty_release_struct(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx)
 	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "freeing structure\n");
 	/*
 	 * The release_tty function takes care of the details of clearing
-	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure. The tty_unlock_pair
-	 * should be safe as we keep a kref while the tty is locked (so the
-	 * unlock never unlocks a freed tty).
+	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
 	release_tty(tty, idx);
-- 
2.25.1