Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752920AbaJPUZv (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:25:51 -0400 Received: from mailout32.mail01.mtsvc.net ([216.70.64.70]:42512 "EHLO n23.mail01.mtsvc.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752597AbaJPUZr (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:25:47 -0400 From: Peter Hurley To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, One Thousand Gnomes , Peter Hurley Subject: [PATCH -next 01/27] tty: Don't hold tty_lock for ldisc release Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:24:59 -0400 Message-Id: <1413491125-20134-2-git-send-email-peter@hurleysoftware.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.1 In-Reply-To: <1413491125-20134-1-git-send-email-peter@hurleysoftware.com> References: <1413491125-20134-1-git-send-email-peter@hurleysoftware.com> X-Authenticated-User: 990527 peter@hurleysoftware.com X-MT-ID: 8FA290C2A27252AACF65DBC4A42F3CE3735FB2A4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The tty->ldisc_sem write lock is sufficient for serializing changes to tty->ldisc; holding the tty lock is not required. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley --- drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c index 2d822aa..332a622 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c @@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ static void tty_ldisc_kill(struct tty_struct *tty) * Called during the final close of a tty/pty pair in order to shut down * the line discpline layer. On exit the ldisc assigned is N_TTY and the * ldisc has not been opened. + * + * Holding ldisc_sem write lock serializes tty->ldisc changes. */ void tty_ldisc_release(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *o_tty) @@ -776,13 +778,9 @@ void tty_ldisc_release(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *o_tty) tty_ldisc_debug(tty, "closing ldisc: %p\n", tty->ldisc); tty_ldisc_lock_pair(tty, o_tty); - tty_lock_pair(tty, o_tty); - tty_ldisc_kill(tty); if (o_tty) tty_ldisc_kill(o_tty); - - tty_unlock_pair(tty, o_tty); tty_ldisc_unlock_pair(tty, o_tty); /* And the memory resources remaining (buffers, termios) will be -- 2.1.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/