[PATCH 6/6] n_tty: Remove tty count checks from unthrottle

[Peter Hurley]

Since n_tty_check_unthrottle() is only called from n_tty_read()
which only originates from a userspace read(), the tty count cannot
be 0; the read() guarantees the file descriptor has not yet been
released.

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

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 5034da0..dd34c5d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -263,8 +263,6 @@ static void n_tty_check_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	if (tty->driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY) {
 		if (chars_in_buffer(tty) > TTY_THRESHOLD_UNTHROTTLE)
 			return;
-		if (!tty->count)
-			return;
 		n_tty_kick_worker(tty);
 		tty_wakeup(tty->link);
 		return;
@@ -283,8 +281,6 @@ static void n_tty_check_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 		tty_set_flow_change(tty, TTY_UNTHROTTLE_SAFE);
 		if (chars_in_buffer(tty) > TTY_THRESHOLD_UNTHROTTLE)
 			break;
-		if (!tty->count)
-			break;
 		n_tty_kick_worker(tty);
 		unthrottled = tty_unthrottle_safe(tty);
 		if (!unthrottled)
-- 
2.6.3

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