Re: [PATCH 08/21] TTY: hci_ldisc, remove invalid check in open

From: Marcel Holtmann
Date: Thu Oct 18 2012 - 16:51:48 EST


Hi Jiri,

> hci_ldisc's open checks if tty_struct->disc_data is set. And if so it
> returns with an error. But nothing ensures disc_data to be NULL. And
> since ld->ops->open shall be called only once, we do not need the
> check at all. So remove it.
>
> Note that this is not an issue now, but n_tty will start using the
> disc_data pointer and this invalid 'if' would trigger then rendering
> TTYs over BT unusable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c | 7 +------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards

Marcel


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