tty: Make lock subclasses available for other tty locks
Besides nested legacy_mutex locking which is required on pty pair
teardown, other nested pty operations require lock subclassing.
Move lock subclass definition to tty interface header, include/linux/tty.h,
and document its use.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c b/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
index a872389..0efcf71 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
@@ -4,18 +4,8 @@
#include <linux/semaphore.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
-/*
- * Nested tty locks are necessary for releasing pty pairs.
- * The stable lock order is master pty first, then slave pty.
- */
-
/* Legacy tty mutex glue */
-enum {
- TTY_MUTEX_NORMAL,
- TTY_MUTEX_SLAVE,
-};
-
/*
* Getting the big tty mutex.
*/
@@ -58,5 +48,5 @@
void tty_set_lock_subclass(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
- lockdep_set_subclass(&tty->legacy_mutex, TTY_MUTEX_SLAVE);
+ lockdep_set_subclass(&tty->legacy_mutex, TTY_LOCK_SLAVE);
}