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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/pty.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index 5e2374580e27..8b2797b6ee44 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ static void pty_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
wake_up_interruptible(&tty->link->read_wait);
wake_up_interruptible(&tty->link->write_wait);
if (tty->driver->subtype == PTY_TYPE_MASTER) {
- set_bit(TTY_OTHER_CLOSED, &tty->flags);
+ struct file *f;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS
if (tty->driver == ptm_driver) {
mutex_lock(&devpts_mutex);
@@ -75,7 +76,17 @@ static void pty_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
mutex_unlock(&devpts_mutex);
}
#endif
- tty_vhangup(tty->link);
+
+ /*
+ * This hack is required because a program can open a
+ * pty and redirect a console to it, but if the pty is
+ * closed and the console is not released, then the
+ * slave side will never close. So release the
+ * redirect when the master closes.
+ */
+ f = tty_release_redirect(tty->link);
+ if (f)
+ fput(f);
}
}