linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]: tty buffering limit

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Date:	Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:36:39 -0500
From:	Paul Fulghum <paulkf@...rogate.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: tty buffering limit

Alan Cox wrote:
> Certain people seem to have assumed tty->throttled was 'advisory'. In
> the absence of tty->author->throttle(), it seems we should keep a simple
> limit of our own to avoid problems when this occurs. 

Looks reasonable as a general failsafe. There
may be other pathological cases it protects against.

I'll start banging on it.

-- 
Paul Fulghum
Microgate Systems, Ltd.
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