[PATCH -next 01/27] tty: Don't hold tty_lock for ldisc release

[Peter Hurley]

The tty->ldisc_sem write lock is sufficient for serializing changes
to tty->ldisc; holding the tty lock is not required.

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

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index 2d822aa..332a622 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ static void tty_ldisc_kill(struct tty_struct *tty)
  *	Called during the final close of a tty/pty pair in order to shut down
  *	the line discpline layer. On exit the ldisc assigned is N_TTY and the
  *	ldisc has not been opened.
+ *
+ *	Holding ldisc_sem write lock serializes tty->ldisc changes.
  */
 
 void tty_ldisc_release(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *o_tty)
@@ -776,13 +778,9 @@ void tty_ldisc_release(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *o_tty)
 	tty_ldisc_debug(tty, "closing ldisc: %p\n", tty->ldisc);
 
 	tty_ldisc_lock_pair(tty, o_tty);
-	tty_lock_pair(tty, o_tty);
-
 	tty_ldisc_kill(tty);
 	if (o_tty)
 		tty_ldisc_kill(o_tty);
-
-	tty_unlock_pair(tty, o_tty);
 	tty_ldisc_unlock_pair(tty, o_tty);
 
 	/* And the memory resources remaining (buffers, termios) will be
-- 
2.1.1

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