Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752391AbbK1CkJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Nov 2015 21:40:09 -0500 Received: from mail-ig0-f178.google.com ([209.85.213.178]:34428 "EHLO mail-ig0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751444AbbK1Cim (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Nov 2015 21:38:42 -0500 From: Peter Hurley To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Jiri Slaby , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Peter Hurley Subject: [PATCH 1/6] tty: Unexport system-wide tty_mutex Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 21:38:32 -0500 Message-Id: <1448678317-9093-2-git-send-email-peter@hurleysoftware.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.6.3 In-Reply-To: <1448678317-9093-1-git-send-email-peter@hurleysoftware.com> References: <1448678317-9093-1-git-send-email-peter@hurleysoftware.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1080 Lines: 32 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 --- 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 09e8d4f..64c4a7e 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); -- 2.6.3 -- 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/