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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/7] hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove
Anton Blanchard wrote:
> The patch below changes things to call tty_kref_put once for every
> hvc_close call, and with that my machine boots fine.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
> ---
>
Works for me. Thanks Anton.

Regards
-Sachin

> diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
> index d3890e8..35cca4c 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
> @@ -368,16 +368,12 @@ static void hvc_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp)
> hp = tty->driver_data;
>
> spin_lock_irqsave(&hp->lock, flags);
> - tty_kref_get(tty);
>
> if (--hp->count == 0) {
> /* We are done with the tty pointer now. */
> hp->tty = NULL;
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hp->lock, flags);
>
> - /* Put the ref obtained in hvc_open() */
> - tty_kref_put(tty);
> -
> if (hp->ops->notifier_del)
> hp->ops->notifier_del(hp, hp->data);
>
>
>


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Sachin Sant
IBM Linux Technology Center
India Systems and Technology Labs
Bangalore, India
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