return;
        }
 
-       /* some functions below drop BTM, so we need this bit */
-       set_bit(TTY_HUPPING, &tty->flags);
-
        /* inuse_filps is protected by the single tty lock,
           this really needs to change if we want to flush the
           workqueue with the lock held */
        while (refs--)
                tty_kref_put(tty);
 
-       /*
-        * it drops BTM and thus races with reopen
-        * we protect the race by TTY_HUPPING
-        */
        tty_ldisc_hangup(tty);
 
        spin_lock_irq(&tty->ctrl_lock);
         * can't yet guarantee all that.
         */
        set_bit(TTY_HUPPED, &tty->flags);
-       clear_bit(TTY_HUPPING, &tty->flags);
-
        tty_unlock(tty);
 
        if (f)
 {
        struct tty_driver *driver = tty->driver;
 
-       if (test_bit(TTY_CLOSING, &tty->flags) ||
-                       test_bit(TTY_HUPPING, &tty->flags))
+       if (test_bit(TTY_CLOSING, &tty->flags))
                return -EIO;
 
        if (driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY &&
 
 
        old_ldisc = tty->ldisc;
 
-       if (test_bit(TTY_HUPPING, &tty->flags) ||
-           test_bit(TTY_HUPPED, &tty->flags)) {
+       if (test_bit(TTY_HUPPED, &tty->flags)) {
                /* We were raced by the hangup method. It will have stomped
                   the ldisc data and closed the ldisc down */
                tty_ldisc_enable_pair(tty, o_tty);
 
 #define TTY_PTY_LOCK           16      /* pty private */
 #define TTY_NO_WRITE_SPLIT     17      /* Preserve write boundaries to driver */
 #define TTY_HUPPED             18      /* Post driver->hangup() */
-#define TTY_HUPPING            21      /* ->hangup() in progress */
 #define TTY_LDISC_HALTED       22      /* Line discipline is halted */
 
 #define TTY_WRITE_FLUSH(tty) tty_write_flush((tty))