Re: [PATCH] tty: fix bug - kernel can't be pinged through whenbootargs console=null

[Alan Cox]

> Did any earlier kernel versions handle this situation OK?
> 
> If so, we might need to be back-compatible with buggy userspace :(

Nothing to do with userspace. You can't call tty_driver_kref_get(NULL),
it's completely bogus.
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