Re: pty_chars_in_buffer oops fix

[Andrew Morton]

Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This is a re-posting of a fix for a race condition between changing the 
> line discipline on a pty and and a poll on the 'other' side. The reference 
> is: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111342171410005&w=2. 
> Below is a diff against the current tree.

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