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SubjectRe: [PATCH] tty: replace mutex_lock() with tty_write_lock()
Hi,

On 11/22/2013 09:09 AM, walter harms wrote:
>
> Am 21.11.2013 20:12, schrieb Andreas Platschek:
>> Use tty_write_lock()/tty_write_unlock() consistently.
>>
>> This takes care of the following sparse warning:
>> drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1169:17: warning: context imbalance in 'tty_write_message' - unexpected unlock
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Platschek <andi.platschek@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
>> index 3a1a01a..13dca92 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
>> @@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ out:
>> void tty_write_message(struct tty_struct *tty, char *msg)
>> {
>> if (tty) {
>> - mutex_lock(&tty->atomic_write_lock);
>> + tty_write_lock(tty,0);
>> tty_lock(tty);
>> if (tty->ops->write && !test_bit(TTY_CLOSING, &tty->flags)) {
>> tty_unlock(tty);
> i am not an expert on this but you may need to replace that tty_unlock() with tty_write_unlock()
The tty_unlock() you see in the patch belongs to the tty_lock() right
after the tty_write_lock(), the tty_write_unlock() is already in place
without my patch.

tty_lock()/tty_unlock() and tty_write_lock()/tty_write_unlock() are
operating on different mutexes, both are needed here.

thx!
Andi
>
> re,
> wh



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