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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/tty_driver.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/tty_driver.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h index 04419c1..80e72dc 100644 --- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h +++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h @@ -45,14 +45,9 @@ * * void (*shutdown)(struct tty_struct * tty); * - * This routine is called synchronously when a particular tty device - * is closed for the last time freeing up the resources. - * Note that tty_shutdown() is not called if ops->shutdown is defined. - * This means one is responsible to take care of calling ops->remove (e.g. - * via tty_driver_remove_tty) and releasing tty->termios. - * Note that this hook may be called from *all* the contexts where one - * uses tty refcounting (e.g. tty_port_tty_get). - * + * This routine is called under the tty lock when a particular tty device + * is closed for the last time. It executes before the tty resources + * are freed so may execute while another function holds a tty kref. * * void (*cleanup)(struct tty_struct * tty); * |
