Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Peter Hurley <> | Subject | [PATCH v2 1/6] tty: Unexport system-wide tty_mutex | Date | Sat, 9 Jan 2016 21:35:18 -0800 |
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tty_mutex is a core, system-wide lock; there is no reason for any code outside the tty core to have direct access.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> --- drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c index cef913c..0650a34 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c @@ -135,10 +135,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_std_termios); LIST_HEAD(tty_drivers); /* linked list of tty drivers */ -/* Mutex to protect creating and releasing a tty. This is shared with - vt.c for deeply disgusting hack reasons */ +/* Mutex to protect creating and releasing a tty */ DEFINE_MUTEX(tty_mutex); -EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_mutex); /* Spinlock to protect the tty->tty_files list */ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tty_files_lock); -- 2.7.0
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