[patch 1/6] tty_port: allow a port to be opened with a tty that has no file handle

Okash Khawaja okash.khawaja at gmail.com
Wed May 17 09:38:32 EDT 2017


On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 09:45:46AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > This issue with opening tty from userspace while it's in use from kernel. Wonder
> > if this will rear its ugly head with rescpect to the recent patches?
> 
> Ah, yes, we will have to think about that issue.

Would you suggest me raising this with Alan Cox as he mentioned some
locking to prevent this scenario?

Thanks,
Okash


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