tty_mutex is a core, system-wide lock; there is no reason for any
code outside the tty core to have direct access.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
LIST_HEAD(tty_drivers); /* linked list of tty drivers */
-/* Mutex to protect creating and releasing a tty. This is shared with
- vt.c for deeply disgusting hack reasons */
+/* Mutex to protect creating and releasing a tty */
DEFINE_MUTEX(tty_mutex);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_mutex);
/* Spinlock to protect the tty->tty_files list */
DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tty_files_lock);