tty: Document unsafe ldisc reference acquire
Merge get_ldisc() into its only call site. Note how, after merging, the unsafe acquire of an ldisc reference is obvious. CPU 0 in tty_ldisc_try() | CPU 1 in tty_ldisc_halt() | test_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty_flags) | if (true) | clear_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty_flags) tty->ldisc != 0? | atomic_read(&tty->ldisc->users) if (true) | ret_val == 1? atomic_inc(&tty->ldisc->users) | if (false) | wait | <goes on assuming safe ldisc use> | <doesn't wait - proceeds w/ close> | The spin lock in tty_ldisc_try() does nothing wrt synchronizing the ldisc halt since it's not acquired as part of halting. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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