linux-kernel - Re: linux-2.6.31 INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error (due to commit b50989dc444599c8b21edc23536fc305f4e9b7d5)

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Date:	Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:56:36 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"jeff.chua.linux" <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: linux-2.6.31 INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error (due
 to  commit b50989dc444599c8b21edc23536fc305f4e9b7d5)

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:23:27 +0800
"jeff.chua.linux" <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> wrote:
> > It is timing dependant. A discussion and some fixes were posted a
> > while ago.
> 
> I must have missed that. Will try to search for it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff

>From Andrew's tree:

     tty: fix regression caused by "tty: make the kref destructor occur
     asynchronously"

which allows both a sync and an async element to the destruction
cleanup. The console uses the synchronous one which avoids the delay
before it becomes available again.

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