Merge commit 'v2.6.36-rc1' into kbuild/rc-fixes

1 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_mutex.c b/drivers/char/tty_mutex.c
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+++ b/drivers/char/tty_mutex.c
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+/*
+ * drivers/char/tty_lock.c
+ */
+#include <linux/tty.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/semaphore.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+/*
+ * The 'big tty mutex'
+ *
+ * This mutex is taken and released by tty_lock() and tty_unlock(),
+ * replacing the older big kernel lock.
+ * It can no longer be taken recursively, and does not get
+ * released implicitly while sleeping.
+ *
+ * Don't use in new code.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(big_tty_mutex);
+struct task_struct *__big_tty_mutex_owner;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__big_tty_mutex_owner);
+
+/*
+ * Getting the big tty mutex.
+ */
+void __lockfunc tty_lock(void)
+{
+	struct task_struct *task = current;
+
+	WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner == task);
+
+	mutex_lock(&big_tty_mutex);
+	__big_tty_mutex_owner = task;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_lock);
+
+void __lockfunc tty_unlock(void)
+{
+	struct task_struct *task = current;
+
+	WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner != task);
+	__big_tty_mutex_owner = NULL;
+
+	mutex_unlock(&big_tty_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unlock);