On 15/11/12, Peter Hurley wrote:
 On 11/12/2015 09:15 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
 > On 15/11/12, Peter Hurley wrote:
 >> On 11/12/2015 02:10 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
 >>> On 15/11/10, Peter Hurley wrote:
 >>>> The tty termios bits cannot change while n_tty_read() is in the
 >>>> i/o loop; the termios_rwsem ensures mutual exclusion with termios
 >>>> changes in n_tty_set_termios(). Check L_ICANON() directly and
 >>>> eliminate icanon parameter.
 >>>>
 >>>> NB: tty_audit_add_data() => tty_audit_buf_get() =>
tty_audit_buf_alloc()
 >>>> is a single path; ie., tty_audit_buf_get() and tty_audit_buf_alloc()
 >>>> have no other callers.
 >>>
 >>> Which tree is this based on?  I don't see where the first chunk
applies.
 >>
 >> 4.3
 >>
 >> but this series requires a -stable fix [1] posted earlier but not in any
 >> tree yet, which I noted in the cover-letter (was easy to overlook).
 > 
 > Ok, found it.  It appears to also depend on "n_tty: Uninline
 > tty_copy_to_user()" [2] which I didn't see mentioned and can't find
 > upstream.
 
 Sorry, my bad; I overlooked that dependency. 
Looks like it also depends on "n_tty: Clarify copy_from_read_buf()" [3].
Any more we should know about?  Or should we just wait for GKH's tree?
 >  Is that in an upstream tree?
 
 Not yet. That will end up in Greg's tty-next tree sometime shortly after
 the merge window closes.
 
 >> [1] 
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/8/133
 > 
 > [2] 
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/8/146 
[3] 
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/8/145
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