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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/tty_io.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 225f4933fbde..f19a34a93fe5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -545,7 +545,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_wakeup);
* @tty: tty device
*
* This is available to the pty code so if the master closes, if the
- * slave is a redirect it can release the redirect.
+ * slave is a redirect it can release the redirect. It returns the
+ * filp for the redirect, which must be fput when the operations on
+ * the tty are completed.
*/
struct file *tty_release_redirect(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
@@ -560,7 +562,6 @@ struct file *tty_release_redirect(struct tty_struct *tty)
return f;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_release_redirect);
/**
* __tty_hangup - actual handler for hangup events