tty: split the lock up a bit further

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The tty count sanity check may need the BKL, that isn't clear. However it
is clear that the count use of the lock is internal and independant of the
bigger use of the lock.

Furthermore the file list locking is also separately locked already

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

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Alan Cox 2009-11-30 13:18:51 +00:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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