linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/1] hvc_console: fix: hp->ws winsize check runs out-of-sync

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Date:	Wed, 3 Dec 2008 20:17:13 +1100
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Linux PPC devel <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"Ryan S. Arnold" <rsa@...ibm.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] hvc_console: fix: hp->ws winsize check runs out-of-sync

Hendrik Brueckner writes:

> From: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> The test to check for a new winsize runs out-of-sync with the underlying
> tty. After a tty has been released and initialized again, the winsize might
> differ between the tty and the hp struct. 
> The solution is to simply remove the check and always schedule the resize work.

Looks OK.  Is this going to go in via the s390 tree, or should I put
it in the powerpc tree?

Paul.
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