[PATCH 3/5] tty: Push the bkl down a bit in the hangup code

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Nov 18 2009 - 09:42:52 EST


We know that the redirect field is handled via its own locking in all
places

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

drivers/char/tty_io.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index a1b1ff6..f4a0404 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -505,8 +505,6 @@ static void do_tty_hangup(struct work_struct *work)
if (!tty)
return;

- /* inuse_filps is protected by the single kernel lock */
- lock_kernel();

spin_lock(&redirect_lock);
if (redirect && redirect->private_data == tty) {
@@ -515,6 +513,8 @@ static void do_tty_hangup(struct work_struct *work)
}
spin_unlock(&redirect_lock);

+ /* inuse_filps is protected by the single kernel lock */
+ lock_kernel();
check_tty_count(tty, "do_tty_hangup");
file_list_lock();
/* This breaks for file handles being sent over AF_UNIX sockets ? */

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