Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] ->signal->tty locking | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:29:40 +0100 |
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Ar Maw, 2006-10-17 am 16:33 +0400, ysgrifennodd Oleg Nesterov: > I sent a patch, > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114268787415193 > > but it was ignored. Probably I should re-send it.
Definitely - we still see reports of tty slab scribbles
> > Right, use tty_mutex when using the tty, use ->sighand when changing > > signal->tty. > > I think that things like do_task_stat()/do_acct_process() do not need > global tty_mutex, they can use ->siglock.
Please keep the tty_mutex as it will protect against other stuff later. Once tty is a bit saner then someone brave can refcount it properly and that'll make it much prettier.
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