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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:40:01 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pty_chars_in_buffer oops fix
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Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> This is a re-posting of a fix for a race condition between changing the 
> line discipline on a pty and and a poll on the 'other' side. The reference 
> is: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111342171410005&w=2. 
> Below is a diff against the current tree.

Please (always) send a description of the bug which this patch addresses,
and a description of how it fixes that bug.