patch "n_tty: Fix unsafe reference to "other" ldisc" added to tty-testing

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    n_tty: Fix unsafe reference to "other" ldisc

to my tty git tree which can be found at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git
in the tty-testing branch.

The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree
(usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)

The patch will be merged to the tty-next branch sometime soon,
after it passes testing, and the merge window is open.

If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.


>From 6d27a63caad3f13e96cf065d2d96828c2006be6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:40:56 -0800
Subject: n_tty: Fix unsafe reference to "other" ldisc

Although n_tty_check_unthrottle() has a valid ldisc reference (since
the tty core gets the ldisc ref in tty_read() before calling the line
discipline read() method), it does not have a valid ldisc reference to
the "other" pty of a pty pair. Since getting an ldisc reference for
tty->link essentially open-codes tty_wakeup(), just replace with the
equivalent tty_wakeup().

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index d9a5fc28fef4..b280abaad91b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -269,16 +269,13 @@ static void n_tty_check_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 static void n_tty_check_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-	if (tty->driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY &&
-	    tty->link->ldisc->ops->write_wakeup == n_tty_write_wakeup) {
+	if (tty->driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY) {
 		if (chars_in_buffer(tty) > TTY_THRESHOLD_UNTHROTTLE)
 			return;
 		if (!tty->count)
 			return;
 		n_tty_kick_worker(tty);
-		n_tty_write_wakeup(tty->link);
-		if (waitqueue_active(&tty->link->write_wait))
-			wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->link->write_wait, POLLOUT);
+		tty_wakeup(tty->link);
 		return;
 	}
 
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