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SubjectRe: [PATCH 04/24] tty: Fix ref counting for port krefs
On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 08:59:04PM -0500, Peter Hurley wrote:
> The tty core supports two models for handling tty_port lifetimes;
> the tty_port can use the kref supplied by tty_port (which will
> automatically destruct the tty_port when the ref count drops to
> zero) or it can destruct the tty_port manually.
>
> For tty drivers that choose to use the port kref to manage the
> tty_port lifetime, it is not possible to safely acquire a port
> reference conditionally. If the last reference is released after
> evaluating the condition but before acquiring the reference, a
> bogus reference will be held while the tty_port destruction
> commences.
>
> Rather, only acquire a port reference if the ref count is non-zero
> and allow the caller to distinguish if a reference has successfully
> been acquired.
>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>



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