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Date:	Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:02:10 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	frankie lin <frankiefrankie.lin@...il.com>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, open <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] TTY Fix NULL pointer error in tty_wakeup

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top


On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 04:09:05PM +0800, frankie lin wrote:
> Hi, greg, it's excited to get your reply.
> In our case, it is gs_start_io(struct gs_port *port) in the file u_serial.c who
> call the tty_wakeup. We are trying to find the root cause.  Something is wrong
> before calling tty_wakeup, nevertheless it is reasonable to check the parameter
> first before test_bit.

No, please find the root problem here in your driver.

> To some extent, this patch can improve the robustness of function tty_wakeup,
> isn't it?

Not at the expense of papering over other bugs, sorry.

greg k-h
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