Module Name:    src
Committed By:   pgoyette
Date:           Fri Jul 29 02:19:52 UTC 2016

Modified Files:
        src/sys/kern [pgoyette-localcount]: tty_pty.c

Log Message:
Add a note to revisit the locking for this device.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.142.2.5 -r1.142.2.6 src/sys/kern/tty_pty.c

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Modified files:

Index: src/sys/kern/tty_pty.c
diff -u src/sys/kern/tty_pty.c:1.142.2.5 src/sys/kern/tty_pty.c:1.142.2.6
--- src/sys/kern/tty_pty.c:1.142.2.5	Fri Jul 29 01:49:39 2016
+++ src/sys/kern/tty_pty.c	Fri Jul 29 02:19:52 2016
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: tty_pty.c,v 1.142.2.5 2016/07/29 01:49:39 pgoyette Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: tty_pty.c,v 1.142.2.6 2016/07/29 02:19:52 pgoyette Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1993
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: tty_pty.c,v 1.142.2.5 2016/07/29 01:49:39 pgoyette Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: tty_pty.c,v 1.142.2.6 2016/07/29 02:19:52 pgoyette Exp $");
 
 #include "opt_ptm.h"
 
@@ -1046,6 +1046,12 @@ ptytty(dev_t dev)
 int
 ptyioctl(dev_t dev, u_long cmd, void *data, int flag, struct lwp *l)
 {
+/*
+ * XXX	We really should use device_lookup_acquire(...) to lock the
+ * XXX	device before fetching its softc pointer. Acquiring the
+ * XXX	cdevsw prevents the driver from being detached, but doesn't
+ * XXX	prevent the specific instance/unit from disappearing.
+ */
 	struct pt_softc *pti = pt_softc[minor(dev)];
 	struct tty *tp = pti->pt_tty;
 	const struct cdevsw *cdev;

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