On 18/03/2015 14:36, Dan Carpenter wrote:
This changelog still doesn't make sense so I took a look at the code. tty_ldisc_deref() is an unlock function. So this is a lock ordering bug. What makes you think the original ordering was correct? Who reported this bug? What are the effects of this bug?
I was the one who introduced the ordering change in the first place. I am just trying to fix it because although nobody complained I am not sure of the impact and restoring the previous control flow seems to be the right thing to do. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
