linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove pty_ops_bsd and pty_bsd

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Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:16:28 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove pty_ops_bsd and pty_bsd_ioctl() as they're not
 used

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:53:32 +0100
David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> Remove pty_ops_bsd as nothing appears to use it anymore.  It results in the
> following warning:
> 
> 	drivers/char/pty.c:344: warning: unused variable `pty_ops_bsd'
> 
> if CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS=y.
> 
> Also remove pty_bsd_ioctl() as that's only referred to by pty_ops_bsd.
> 
> Possibly legacy_pty_init() should be passing this to tty_set_operations()
> rather than pty_ops.

It should indeed, otherwise the BSD pty locking ioctl fails.
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