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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/pty.c15
-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/tty_io.c5
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index 5e2374580e27..8b2797b6ee44 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ static void pty_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
wake_up_interruptible(&tty->link->read_wait);
wake_up_interruptible(&tty->link->write_wait);
if (tty->driver->subtype == PTY_TYPE_MASTER) {
- set_bit(TTY_OTHER_CLOSED, &tty->flags);
+ struct file *f;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS
if (tty->driver == ptm_driver) {
mutex_lock(&devpts_mutex);
@@ -75,7 +76,17 @@ static void pty_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
mutex_unlock(&devpts_mutex);
}
#endif
- tty_vhangup(tty->link);
+
+ /*
+ * This hack is required because a program can open a
+ * pty and redirect a console to it, but if the pty is
+ * closed and the console is not released, then the
+ * slave side will never close. So release the
+ * redirect when the master closes.
+ */
+ f = tty_release_redirect(tty->link);
+ if (f)
+ fput(f);
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 225f4933fbde..f19a34a93fe5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -545,7 +545,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_wakeup);
* @tty: tty device
*
* This is available to the pty code so if the master closes, if the
- * slave is a redirect it can release the redirect.
+ * slave is a redirect it can release the redirect. It returns the
+ * filp for the redirect, which must be fput when the operations on
+ * the tty are completed.
*/
struct file *tty_release_redirect(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
@@ -560,7 +562,6 @@ struct file *tty_release_redirect(struct tty_struct *tty)
return f;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_release_redirect);
/**
* __tty_hangup - actual handler for hangup events