Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:20:24 -0600 | From | Paul Fulghum <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tty reference count fix |
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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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