From: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:36:49 -0400
Subject: [tty] cleanup release_mem
Message-id: 20080902193649.GC10700@redhat.com
O-Subject: [RHEL5.3 PATCH 1/3] tty: cleanup release_mem v2
Bugzilla: 239604
RH-Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239604

This patch simplifies the release_mem, eliminating duplicated code.

upstream message:

>From d5698c28b6e4711e4747bf155f69936208d60e28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:46:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] tty: cleanup release_mem

release_mem contains two copies of exactly the same code.  Refactor these
into a new helper, release_tty.  The only change in behaviour is that the
driver reference count is now decremented after the master tty has been
freed instead of before.

[penberg@cs.helsinki.fi: fix use-after-free in release_tty.]
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 5d2ec17..81cdad9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int tty_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
 int tty_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * file,
 	      unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file * filp, int on);
-static void release_mem(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx);
+static void release_tty(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx);
 
 /**
  *	alloc_tty_struct	-	allocate a tty object
@@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@ static int init_dev(struct tty_driver *driver, int idx,
 
 	/* 
 	 * All structures have been allocated, so now we install them.
-	 * Failures after this point use release_mem to clean up, so 
+	 * Failures after this point use release_tty to clean up, so
 	 * there's no need to null out the local pointers.
 	 */
 	if (!(driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM)) {
@@ -2022,8 +2022,8 @@ static int init_dev(struct tty_driver *driver, int idx,
 
 	/* 
 	 * Structures all installed ... call the ldisc open routines.
-	 * If we fail here just call release_mem to clean up.  No need
-	 * to decrement the use counts, as release_mem doesn't care.
+	 * If we fail here just call release_tty to clean up.  No need
+	 * to decrement the use counts, as release_tty doesn't care.
 	 */
 
 	if (tty->ldisc.open) {
@@ -2093,16 +2093,16 @@ fail_no_mem:
 	retval = -ENOMEM;
 	goto end_init;
 
-	/* call the tty release_mem routine to clean out this slot */
+	/* call the tty release_tty routine to clean out this slot */
 release_mem_out:
 	printk(KERN_INFO "init_dev: ldisc open failed, "
 			 "clearing slot %d\n", idx);
-	release_mem(tty, idx);
+	release_tty(tty, idx);
 	goto end_init;
 }
 
 /**
- *	release_mem		-	release tty structure memory
+ *	release_one_tty		-	release tty structure memory
  *
  *	Releases memory associated with a tty structure, and clears out the
  *	driver table slots. This function is called when a device is no longer
@@ -2114,35 +2114,11 @@ release_mem_out:
  *	of ttys that the driver keeps.
  *		FIXME: should we require tty_mutex is held here ??
  */
-
-static void release_mem(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx)
+static void release_one_tty(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx)
 {
-	struct tty_struct *o_tty;
 	struct termios *tp;
 	int devpts = tty->driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM;
 
-	if ((o_tty = tty->link) != NULL) {
-		if (!devpts)
-			o_tty->driver->ttys[idx] = NULL;
-		if (o_tty->driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS) {
-			tp = o_tty->termios;
-			if (!devpts)
-				o_tty->driver->termios[idx] = NULL;
-			kfree(tp);
-
-			tp = o_tty->termios_locked;
-			if (!devpts)
-				o_tty->driver->termios_locked[idx] = NULL;
-			kfree(tp);
-		}
-		o_tty->magic = 0;
-		o_tty->driver->refcount--;
-		file_list_lock();
-		list_del_init(&o_tty->tty_files);
-		file_list_unlock();
-		free_tty_struct(o_tty);
-	}
-
 	if (!devpts)
 		tty->driver->ttys[idx] = NULL;
 	if (tty->driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS) {
@@ -2157,15 +2133,39 @@ static void release_mem(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx)
 		kfree(tp);
 	}
 
+
 	tty->magic = 0;
 	tty->driver->refcount--;
+
 	file_list_lock();
 	list_del_init(&tty->tty_files);
 	file_list_unlock();
-	module_put(tty->driver->owner);
+
 	free_tty_struct(tty);
 }
 
+/**
+ *	release_tty		-	release tty structure memory
+ *
+ *	Release both @tty and a possible linked partner (think pty pair),
+ *	and decrement the refcount of the backing module.
+ *
+ *	Locking:
+ *		tty_mutex - sometimes only
+ *		takes the file list lock internally when working on the list
+ *	of ttys that the driver keeps.
+ *		FIXME: should we require tty_mutex is held here ??
+ */
+static void release_tty(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx)
+{
+	struct tty_driver *driver = tty->driver;
+
+	if (tty->link)
+		release_one_tty(tty->link, idx);
+	release_one_tty(tty, idx);
+	module_put(driver->owner);
+}
+
 /*
  * Even releasing the tty structures is a tricky business.. We have
  * to be very careful that the structures are all released at the
@@ -2439,10 +2439,10 @@ static void release_dev(struct file * filp)
 		tty_set_termios_ldisc(o_tty,N_TTY); 
 	}
 	/*
-	 * The release_mem function takes care of the details of clearing
+	 * The release_tty function takes care of the details of clearing
 	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure.
 	 */
-	release_mem(tty, idx);
+	release_tty(tty, idx);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS
 	/* Make this pty number available for reallocation */