[PATCH tty-next 18/22] tty: Move tty hung up check from port->lock critical section

[Peter Hurley]

The port->lock does not protect the filp->f_op field; move
the tty_hung_up_p() test outside the port->lock critical section
in tty_port_close_start().

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_port.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
index 896eebf..be5deff 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
@@ -459,12 +459,10 @@ int tty_port_close_start(struct tty_port *port,
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
-	if (tty_hung_up_p(filp)) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
+	if (tty_hung_up_p(filp))
 		return 0;
-	}
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
 	if (tty->count == 1 && port->count != 1) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		    "tty_port_close_start: tty->count = 1 port count = %d.\n",
-- 
2.0.0

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