Re: Patch for panic in n_tty_read()

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On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:58:40 +0200
Stanislav Kozina <skozina@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Alan,
> 
> I am not sure if you got my last email, so I'm resending it now:
> 
>  > I am very sorry, but I don't see it. We didn't held the lock while 
> calling tty_audit_push() before, and we don't hold it after the patch 
> neither.
>  > So what's the locking scheme change here? Is there some binding 
> between n_tty_read() and tty_audit_push() I just don't see?
> 

No - looking at it again you are right, the lock is still dropped during
the audit call.

Alan
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