linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] genericserial: Remove bogus optimisation check and dead code paths

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:36:22 +0200
From:	Morten Helgesen <morten@...rcepoet.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] genericserial: Remove bogus optimisation check and dead
 code paths

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:39:05 +0200
> Morten Helgesen <morten@...rcepoet.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> Alan Cox wrote:
>>
>> [...snip...]
>>     
>>> @@ -75,11 +64,11 @@
>>>  	if (! (port->flags & ASYNC_INITIALIZED)) return;
>>>  
>>>  	/* Take a lock on the serial tranmit buffer! */
>>> -	LOCKIT;
>>> +	mutex_lock(& port->port_write_mutex);
>>>   
>>>       
>> ^ Contains additional whitespace.
>>     
>
>
> Its an old driver, it doesn't follow the coding style too well at all -
> viz stuff like if (! ( the line above. Given its age and limited userbase
> I don't plan to go and make it conform either, but I will take patches
> for the formatting (and the spelling errors it is full of) from someone
> who wants to do the work.
>
> Alan
It's late.

Signed-off-by: Morten Helgesen <morten@...rcepoet.org>

== Morten

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