Merge tag 'tty-4.6-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty

Pull tty fixes from Greg KH:
 "Here are two tty fixes for issues found.

  One was due to a merge error in 4.6-rc1, and the other a regression
  fix for UML consoles that broke in 4.6-rc1.

  Both have been in linux-next for a while"

* tag 'tty-4.6-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty:
  tty: Fix merge of "tty: Refactor tty_open()"
  tty: Fix UML console breakage

Author: torvalds

drivers/tty/tty_io.c

@@ -2049,14 +2049,13 @@ static struct tty_struct *tty_open_by_driver(dev_t device, struct inode *inode,
 	if (tty) {
 		mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
 		retval = tty_lock_interruptible(tty);
+		tty_kref_put(tty);  /* drop kref from tty_driver_lookup_tty() */
 		if (retval) {
 			if (retval == -EINTR)
 				retval = -ERESTARTSYS;
 			tty = ERR_PTR(retval);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		/* safe to drop the kref from tty_driver_lookup_tty() */
-		tty_kref_put(tty);
 		retval = tty_reopen(tty);
 		if (retval < 0) {
 			tty_unlock(tty);
@@ -2158,7 +2157,7 @@ static int tty_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	noctty = (filp->f_flags & O_NOCTTY) ||
-			device == MKDEV(TTY_MAJOR, 0) ||
+			(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VT) && device == MKDEV(TTY_MAJOR, 0)) ||
 			device == MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 1) ||
 			(tty->driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY &&
 			 tty->driver->subtype == PTY_TYPE_MASTER);