linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pSeries hvsi char driver janitorial cleanup.

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Message-Id: <1154639213.23655.124.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:06:53 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Linas Vepstas <linas@...tin.ibm.com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, hollisbl@...ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pSeries  hvsi char driver janitorial cleanup.

Ar Iau, 2006-08-03 am 14:36 -0500, ysgrifennodd Linas Vepstas:
> Andrew, 
> Please apply.
> 
> A set of tty line discipline cleanup patches were introduced 
> before the dawn of time, in kernel version 2.4.21. This patch
> performs that cleanup for the hvsi driver.

Actually its also a bug fix, tty->ldisc should be locked by refcounting
and the helpers do this for you.

Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>
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