Ar Maw, 2006-10-17 am 16:33 +0400, ysgrifennodd Oleg Nesterov:
> I sent a patch,
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114268787415193
>
> but it was ignored. Probably I should re-send it.
Definitely - we still see reports of tty slab scribbles
> > Right, use tty_mutex when using the tty, use ->sighand when changing
> > signal->tty.
>
> I think that things like do_task_stat()/do_acct_process() do not need
> global tty_mutex, they can use ->siglock.
Please keep the tty_mutex as it will protect against other stuff later.
Once tty is a bit saner then someone brave can refcount it properly and
that'll make it much prettier.
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