linux-kernel - Re: possible regression with pty.c commit

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:34:33 +0300
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...l.by>
To:	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: possible regression with pty.c commit

On (07/17/09 08:51), Dave Young wrote:
> >  d945cb9cce20ac7143c2de8d88b187f62db99bdc "pty: Rework the pty layer to use  the normal buffering logic"
> >  and REVERTED a6540f731d506d9e82444cf0020e716613d4c46c "ppp: Fix throttling bugs"
> >
> > seems to work.
> 
> I have same result, the pppoe connection is unstable with the patch.
> Are there better solution for this issue?
> 

Hello Dave.
The solution is in rc3-git2.
Linus has reverted "throttling" commits.

git log drivers/net/ppp_async.c
git log drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c
4a21b8cb3550f19f838f7c48345fbbf6a0e8536b
Revert "ppp: Fix throttling bugs"

Requested-by: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>


	Sergey
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