Nozomi assumes the close method isn't called if open errors. The tty layer is different to other drives in this respect however. Pointed out by Denis J Barrow. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/nozomi.c | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/nozomi.c b/drivers/char/nozomi.c index 66a0f93..9a34a19 100644 --- a/drivers/char/nozomi.c +++ b/drivers/char/nozomi.c @@ -1599,7 +1599,10 @@ static int ntty_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file) return 0; } -/* Called when the userspace process close the tty, /dev/noz*. */ +/* Called when the userspace process close the tty, /dev/noz*. Also + called immediately if ntty_open fails in which case tty->driver_data + will be NULL an we exit by the first return */ + static void ntty_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file) { struct nozomi *dc = get_dc_by_tty(tty); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html