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SubjectRe: tty's use of file_list_lock and file_move
Jon Smirl wrote:
>[...]
> extern struct tty_driver *ptm_driver; /* Unix98 pty masters; for /dev/ptmx */
> @@ -158,21 +157,21 @@ static struct tty_struct *alloc_tty_stru
> {
> struct tty_struct *tty;
>
> - tty = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tty_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (tty)
> - memset(tty, 0, sizeof(struct tty_struct));
> + tty = kmalloc(sizeof(*tty), GFP_KERNEL);
^^^^^^^
kzalloc?

I don't know this code very well, so you might be actually changing the
initialization here. On the other hand, this might be just a simple bug...

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