linux-kernel - Re: linux-2.6.31 INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error (due to commit b50989dc444599c8b21edc23536fc305f4e9b7d5)

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Message-ID: <b6a2187b0909250835g1b72037er13b86bf762fd5e37@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:35:41 +0800
From:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: linux-2.6.31 INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error (due to 
	commit b50989dc444599c8b21edc23536fc305f4e9b7d5)

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> From Andrew's tree:
>
>     tty: fix regression caused by "tty: make the kref destructor occur
>     asynchronously"
>
> which allows both a sync and an async element to the destruction
> cleanup. The console uses the synchronous one which avoids the delay
> before it becomes available again.

Alan,

Is this going into Linus's branch soon? Otherwise, please kindly post
the full patch so that I can test it instead of pulling 400MB from
Andrew's tree.

Thanks,
Jeff
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