From 817d6d3bceaf34c99f5343820f9b9e6021f0655c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Fulghum Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:26:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] remove TTY_DONT_FLIP Remove TTY_DONT_FLIP tty flag. This flag was introduced in 2.1.X kernels to prevent the N_TTY line discipline functions read_chan() and n_tty_receive_buf() from running at the same time. 2.2.15 introduced tty->read_lock to protect access to the N_TTY read buffer, which is the only state requiring protection between these two functions. The current TTY_DONT_FLIP implementation is broken for SMP, and is not universally honored by drivers that send data directly to the line discipline receive_buf function. Because TTY_DONT_FLIP is not necessary, is broken in implementation, and is not universally honored, it is removed. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum Cc: Alan Cox Cc: Theodore Ts'o Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/char/pty.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/char/pty.c') diff --git a/drivers/char/pty.c b/drivers/char/pty.c index 9b5a2c0e700..0c17f61549b 100644 --- a/drivers/char/pty.c +++ b/drivers/char/pty.c @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void pty_unthrottle(struct tty_struct * tty) * * FIXME: Our pty_write method is called with our ldisc lock held but * not our partners. We can't just take the other one blindly without - * risking deadlocks. There is also the small matter of TTY_DONT_FLIP + * risking deadlocks. */ static int pty_write(struct tty_struct * tty, const unsigned char *buf, int count) { -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258