tty->closing is a bitfield member; prevent corruption from non-atomic update by assigning a unique memory location.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <[email protected]> --- include/linux/tty.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h index c52a689..7d66ae5 100644 --- a/include/linux/tty.h +++ b/include/linux/tty.h @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ struct tty_struct { #define N_TTY_BUF_SIZE 4096 - unsigned char closing:1; + int closing; unsigned char *write_buf; int write_cnt; /* If the tty has a pending do_SAK, queue it here - akpm */ -- 2.1.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
