summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/drivers/tty/pty.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-02-14 14:36:04 -0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-02-14 14:36:04 -0800
commit249f3c4fe4fdef159d3f9b3f7a6c41a92103c860 (patch)
tree58abfec8444741fd3bd403a908be50c4f63d4842 /drivers/tty/pty.c
parent54573c4a073ff510d028f423ed3074573c7d9437 (diff)
parent18558cae0272f8fd9647e69d3fec1565a7949865 (diff)
downloadlinux-249f3c4fe4fdef159d3f9b3f7a6c41a92103c860.tar.gz
Merge 4.5-rc4 into tty-next
We want the fixes in here, and this resolves a merge error in tty_io.c

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty/pty.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/pty.c21
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index 78170e7aa3a3..e16a49b507ef 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -663,7 +663,14 @@ static int pty_unix98_install(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
 /* this is called once with whichever end is closed last */
 static void pty_unix98_remove(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-	devpts_kill_index(tty->driver_data, tty->index);
+	struct inode *ptmx_inode;
+
+	if (tty->driver->subtype == PTY_TYPE_MASTER)
+		ptmx_inode = tty->driver_data;
+	else
+		ptmx_inode = tty->link->driver_data;
+	devpts_kill_index(ptmx_inode, tty->index);
+	devpts_del_ref(ptmx_inode);
 }
 
 static const struct tty_operations ptm_unix98_ops = {
@@ -753,6 +760,18 @@ static int ptmx_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	set_bit(TTY_PTY_LOCK, &tty->flags); /* LOCK THE SLAVE */
 	tty->driver_data = inode;
 
+	/*
+	 * In the case where all references to ptmx inode are dropped and we
+	 * still have /dev/tty opened pointing to the master/slave pair (ptmx
+	 * is closed/released before /dev/tty), we must make sure that the inode
+	 * is still valid when we call the final pty_unix98_shutdown, thus we
+	 * hold an additional reference to the ptmx inode. For the same /dev/tty
+	 * last close case, we also need to make sure the super_block isn't
+	 * destroyed (devpts instance unmounted), before /dev/tty is closed and
+	 * on its release devpts_kill_index is called.
+	 */
+	devpts_add_ref(inode);
+
 	tty_add_file(tty, filp);
 
 	slave_inode = devpts_pty_new(inode,