linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vt: kill tty->count usage (v2)

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Message-ID: <20080820000354.GD7154@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:03:55 -0400
From:	Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	jirislaby@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: kill tty->count usage (v2)

> > isn't too late for drivers that wait for the remaining data to be transmitted
> > such as amiserial and cyclades? Unless there's a plan to do it at
> > release_dev()?
> 
> Agreed: waiting for data to be transmitted is one thing, freeing resources
> another. We don't want to be freeing resources until the tty object is
> destructed. Also most drivers won't be able to block there as they will
> be using krefs to the tty and thus potentially destructing it from an IRQ
> handler.
sorry to ask again, but did you managed to make your stack of patches
available for download?

-- 
Aristeu

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