pty, n_tty: Simplify input processing on final close
When releasing one end of a pty pair, that end may just have written to the other, which the input processing worker, flush_to_ldisc(), is still working on but has not completed the copy to the other end's read buffer. So input may not appear to be available to a waiting reader but yet TTY_OTHER_CLOSED is now observed. The n_tty line discipline has worked around this by waiting for input processing to complete and then re-checking if input is available before exiting with -EIO. Since the tty/ldisc lock reordering, the wait for input processing to complete can now occur during final close before setting TTY_OTHER_CLOSED. In this way, a waiting reader is guaranteed to see input available (if any) before observing TTY_OTHER_CLOSED. Reviewed-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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