linux-kernel - [PATCH] termios: document callback more clearly

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:27:13 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] termios: document callback more clearly

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>

diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/Documentation/tty.txt linux-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/Documentation/tty.txt
--- linux.vanilla-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/Documentation/tty.txt	2007-11-16 17:20:39.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/Documentation/tty.txt	2007-11-16 18:10:43.000000000 +0000
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@
 			tty->termios. Previous settings should be passed in
 			the "old" argument.
 
+			The API is defined such that the driver should return
+			the actual modes selected. This means that the
+			driver function is responsible for modifying any
+			bits in the request it cannot fulfill to indicate
+			the actual modes being used. A device with no
+			hardware capability for change (eg a USB dongle or
+			virtual port) can provide NULL for this method.
+
 throttle()		Notify the tty driver that input buffers for the
 			line discipline are close to full, and it should
 			somehow signal that no more characters should be
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/