Re: [PATCH][RFC] ptmx fix duplicate idr_remove

Andrew Morton wrote:

Except for this, in release_dev():

	/* check whether both sides are closing ... */
	if (!tty_closing || (o_tty && !o_tty_closing))
		return;

if that's taken, we won't have run idr_remove() at all?

ptmx_open creates the ptm/pts pair.

If ptmx_open fails, the conditions
for releasing the ptm (and associated pts)
have been met: no active references.

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Paul Fulghum
Microgate Systems, Ltd.
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