linux-kernel - Re: [GIT]: Networking

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:12:26 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: [GIT]: Networking

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:34:05 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:31:23 +0100
> 
> >> 8) Locking fix in TTY based networking drivers, from Ralf Baechle.
> > 
> > I thought we had established that this one was wrong following further
> > discussion. The tty drivers that were calling up from IRQ handlers have
> > been fixed by the cull of bogus tty->low_latency setting.
> 
> Where was this change made?
> 
> At a minimum it likely needs to be added to the -stable trees.

No - the fix that needs to be in the stable trees is the one removing the
bogus tty->low_latency settings. The standard tty layer blows up in all
sorts of other ways with these driver bugs and I thought they'd been
pushed back into -stable. Will check with GregKH as I think they went via
his tree.
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