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Message-ID: <87y6q8aiks.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp>
Date:	Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:16:51 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kdesu broken

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

>> n_tty_read() checks the pending buffer and consume it before
>> input_available_p().
>
> Why not move this _inside_ "input_available_p()"? There are only two 
> call-sites, and strictly speaking they both want it.

The only reason for me is this is just quick hack.

Yes, I guess the input_available_p() is preferable place than my patch.
I'm still not checking the related path etc. deeply though.

Thanks.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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