From: dcarpenter tty_ldisc_deref() should only be called when tty_ldisc_ref() succeeds otherwise it triggers a BUG(). There's already a function tty_ldisc_flush() that flushes properly. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter Acked-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/char/tty_io.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/tty_io.c~tty_ioc-balance-tty_ldisc_ref drivers/char/tty_io.c --- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c~tty_ioc-balance-tty_ldisc_ref +++ a/drivers/char/tty_io.c @@ -3335,18 +3335,13 @@ static void __do_SAK(struct work_struct int session; int i; struct file *filp; - struct tty_ldisc *disc; struct fdtable *fdt; if (!tty) return; session = tty->session; - /* We don't want an ldisc switch during this */ - disc = tty_ldisc_ref(tty); - if (disc && disc->flush_buffer) - disc->flush_buffer(tty); - tty_ldisc_deref(disc); + tty_ldisc_flush(tty); if (tty->driver->flush_buffer) tty->driver->flush_buffer(tty); _