netdev - [PATCH] hso serial throttled tty kref fix.

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Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:10:33 +0100
From:	Denis Joseph Barrow <D.Barow@...ion.com>
To:	Linux Serial <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux USB kernel mailing list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux netdev Mailing list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] hso serial throttled tty kref fix.

Hi,
This patch is for Alan Cox as it related to the tty layer.
Hopefully the hso driver is again relatively stable with this fix.

Signed-off-by: Denis Joseph Barrow <D.Barow@...ion.com>
---
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/usb/hso.c	2009-01-15 12:45:09.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/usb/hso.c	2009-01-15 12:46:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -2040,8 +2040,10 @@
 			serial->curr_rx_urb_offset;
 		D1("data to push to tty");
 		while (write_length_remaining) {
-			if (test_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags))
+			if (test_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags)) {
+				tty_kref_put(tty);
 				return -1;
+			}
 			curr_write_len =  tty_insert_flip_string
 				(tty, urb->transfer_buffer +
 				 serial->curr_rx_urb_offset,
-- 
best regards,
D.J. Barrow

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