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SubjectRe: [PATCH] tty reference count fix
Paul Fulghum wrote:
> Your patch leaves the schedule() call at the bottom of
> the while loop between setting tty_closing and
> setting TTY_CLOSING flag.

Nevermind. After schedule() the count is reread,
so you are right. Dropping tty_sem altogether
would work.

It is a matter of where you ultimately wish to
push the locking to BKL or tty_sem.

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Paul Fulghum
Microgate Systems, Ltd
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