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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/tty_io.c15
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 873793c426df..168382baf370 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1444,9 +1444,9 @@ void tty_driver_remove_tty(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
* @tty - the tty to open
*
* Return 0 on success, -errno on error.
+ * Re-opens on master ptys are not allowed and return -EIO.
*
- * Locking: tty_mutex must be held from the time the tty was found
- * till this open completes.
+ * Locking: Caller must hold tty_lock
*/
static int tty_reopen(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
@@ -1456,16 +1456,9 @@ static int tty_reopen(struct tty_struct *tty)
return -EIO;
if (driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY &&
- driver->subtype == PTY_TYPE_MASTER) {
- /*
- * special case for PTY masters: only one open permitted,
- * and the slave side open count is incremented as well.
- */
- if (tty->count)
- return -EIO;
+ driver->subtype == PTY_TYPE_MASTER)
+ return -EIO;
- tty->link->count++;
- }
tty->count++;
WARN_ON(!tty->ldisc);