linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the ttydev tree with the usb.current tree

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Message-ID: <20090728141740.44d53b68@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:17:40 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the ttydev tree with the
 usb.current tree

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:35:04 +1000
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:

> Hi Alan,
> 
> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:29:11 +0100 Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > I need to look at the actual diff, but the combination looks completely
> > bogus unless I'm misreading the fixup which is possible.
> 
> Below is the actual patch from the usb.current tree.

Thanks - ok that is probably safe. The change I was worried about (the
error paths not adjusting port->count are ok as it gets zeroed within the
mutex)

Not sure its safe versus hangup but neither was the old code 8)

Oliver: I'll send you an alternative patch later today/tomorrow that uses
the ASYNC flags.

Alan
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