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    Subject[PATCH v5 33/44] tty: Clarify multiple-references comment in TIOCSETD ioctl
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    Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
    ---
    drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c | 10 ++++++----
    1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

    diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
    index 84ba790..9725c94 100644
    --- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
    +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
    @@ -567,13 +567,15 @@ int tty_set_ldisc(struct tty_struct *tty, int ldisc)
    tty_ldisc_restore(tty, old_ldisc);
    }

    - /* At this point we hold a reference to the new ldisc and a
    - a reference to the old ldisc. If we ended up flipping back
    - to the existing ldisc we have two references to it */
    -
    if (tty->ldisc->ops->num != old_ldisc->ops->num && tty->ops->set_ldisc)
    tty->ops->set_ldisc(tty);

    + /* At this point we hold a reference to the new ldisc and a
    + reference to the old ldisc, or we hold two references to
    + the old ldisc (if it was restored as part of error cleanup
    + above). In either case, releasing a single reference from
    + the old ldisc is correct. */
    +
    tty_ldisc_put(old_ldisc);

    /*
    --
    1.8.1.2


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