linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] Char: tty, fix tty_port_block_til

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:41:48 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] Char: tty, fix tty_port_block_til_ready waiting

On 06/24/2009 01:30 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:46:13 +0200
>> --- a/drivers/char/tty_port.c
>> +++ b/drivers/char/tty_port.c
>> @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ int tty_port_block_til_ready(struct tty_port *port,
>>  {
>>  	int do_clocal = 0, retval;
>>  	unsigned long flags;
>> -	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
>> +	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
>>  	int cd;
>>  
>>  	/* block if port is in the process of being closed */
> 
> Why is nobody reporting the oopses?

Myaybe because only few drivers use that function. I hit it the first
time I tested cyclades patchset.
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