From: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] ptmx fix duplicate idr_remove
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:36:14 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4433C7CE.2090001@microgate.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060405005733.29b6868f.akpm@osdl.org>
Andrew Morton wrote:
> Except for this, in release_dev():
>
> /* check whether both sides are closing ... */
> if (!tty_closing || (o_tty && !o_tty_closing))
> return;
>
> if that's taken, we won't have run idr_remove() at all?
ptmx_open creates the ptm/pts pair.
If ptmx_open fails, the conditions
for releasing the ptm (and associated pts)
have been met: no active references.
--
Paul Fulghum
Microgate Systems, Ltd.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-05 13:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-04 18:35 [PATCH][RFC] ptmx fix duplicate idr_remove Paul Fulghum
2006-04-05 7:57 ` Andrew Morton
2006-04-05 13:36 ` Paul Fulghum [this message]
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