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authorPeter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>2015-01-16 15:22:14 -0500
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2015-02-02 10:11:25 -0800
commitc81622ac4282b0183e738e192c91fabe4a782715 (patch)
tree51e88cfcab3db5b04d7afb4ac1d1b51ded21b165 /drivers/tty/pty.c
parent6ecde472b0d943251f8f348155495391720b61b0 (diff)
downloadlinux-c81622ac4282b0183e738e192c91fabe4a782715.tar.bz2
pty: Fix overlimit memory use
The pty_space() computation is broken; the space already consumed in the tty buffer is not accounted for. Use tty_buffer_set_limit(), which enforces the limit automatically. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty/pty.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/pty.c17
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index 6e1f1505f04e..f882ac81b93a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -88,19 +88,6 @@ static void pty_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
}
/**
- * pty_space - report space left for writing
- * @to: tty we are writing into
- *
- * Limit the buffer space used by ptys to 8k.
- */
-
-static int pty_space(struct tty_struct *to)
-{
- int n = tty_buffer_space_avail(to->port);
- return min(n, 8192);
-}
-
-/**
* pty_write - write to a pty
* @tty: the tty we write from
* @buf: kernel buffer of data
@@ -141,7 +128,7 @@ static int pty_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
if (tty->stopped)
return 0;
- return pty_space(tty->link);
+ return tty_buffer_space_avail(tty->link->port);
}
/**
@@ -432,6 +419,8 @@ static int pty_common_install(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty,
o_tty->link = tty;
tty_port_init(ports[0]);
tty_port_init(ports[1]);
+ tty_buffer_set_limit(ports[0], 8192);
+ tty_buffer_set_limit(ports[1], 8192);
o_tty->port = ports[0];
tty->port = ports[1];
o_tty->port->itty = o_tty;