linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] viocons: BKL locking

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Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:50:56 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] viocons: BKL locking

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:58:29 +1100
Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org> wrote:

> Alan Cox writes:
> 
> > For some weird reason I can't ascertain (translation "I think its
> > broken") the viocons driver calls directly into the n_tty ldisc code even
> > if another ldisc is in use. It'll probably break if you do that but I'm
> > just fixing the locking and adding a comment that its horked.
> 
> Looks to me like it (viotty_ioctl) should return -ENOIOCTLCMD instead
> of calling n_tty_ioctl -- do you agree?

I think that is probably what is intended. That would then bounce back
throuh the tty layer to the right places.

Alan
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