linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] tty: implement write

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:44:17 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Oliver Giles <ohw.giles@...il.com>,
        Robert Karszniewicz <r.karszniewicz@...tec.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] tty: implement write_iter

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 1:40 AM Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Ok, here belongs my earlier note: "if ld == NULL => crash here." That is
> if hangup happens during the ldisc wait, the kernel will crash in
> tty_ldisc_deref.

Right you are, good catch.

> Is there a reason not to convert hung_up_tty_fops too and leave the
> return hung_up_tty_write here intact? This would also solve the comments
> above.

No, no reason. I started out just changing that one tty_write, then
noticed that I had to change the redirect case too, but never then got
to "yeah, I should have changed the hup case as well".

Greg, do you prefer a new series, or incremental patches?

               Linus