linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty_ioctl: Fix the baud_table check in encode_baud

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Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:43:58 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty_ioctl: Fix the baud_table check in encode_baud_rate

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:12:11 +0100 (BST)
"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org> wrote:

>  The tty_termios_encode_baud_rate() function as defined by tty_ioctl.c has 
> a problem with the baud_table within.  The comparison operators are 
> reversed and as a result this table's entries never match and BOTHER is 
> always used.

Oops. I thought I'd fixed that one. Bit bothersome its been in -mm that
long before anyone noticed. 

ACK the first bit.

>  Additionally this function's prototype is not exported unlike the 
> function itself.

That bit seems out of date and a prototype was added later in -mm

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