Re: [PATCH 1/4] tty: Drop tty->count on tty_reopen() failure

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On 08/29/2018, 04:23 AM, Dmitry Safonov wrote:
> In case of tty_ldisc_reinit() failure, tty->count should be decremented
> back, otherwise we will never release_tty().
> Never seen it in the real life, but it seems not really hard to hit.

I did see it. And this fixes it.

> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> index 32bc3e3fe4d3..5e5da9acaf0a 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> @@ -1255,6 +1255,7 @@ static void tty_driver_remove_tty(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *
>  static int tty_reopen(struct tty_struct *tty)
>  {
>  	struct tty_driver *driver = tty->driver;
> +	int retval;
>  
>  	if (driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY &&
>  	    driver->subtype == PTY_TYPE_MASTER)
> @@ -1268,10 +1269,14 @@ static int tty_reopen(struct tty_struct *tty)
>  
>  	tty->count++;
>  
> -	if (!tty->ldisc)
> -		return tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, tty->termios.c_line);
> +	if (tty->ldisc)
> +		return 0;
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	retval = tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, tty->termios.c_line);
> +	if (retval)
> +		tty->count--;

I would just do:
  if (!retval)
    tty->count++;
here. Nobody from ldiscs should rely on tty->count.

> +	return retval;

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs



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