linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make pty_driver and pty_slave_driver local vars in legacy BSD pty code

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0909300808110.6996@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:08:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, gregkh@...e.de,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make pty_driver and pty_slave_driver local vars in legacy
 BSD pty code



On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, David Howells wrote:
>
> Make the pty_driver and pty_slave_driver global variables into local vars of
> legacy_pty_init() as that's the only thing that ever accesses the values.

I had already done this in my local tree due to the other thread about the 
whole broken legacy pty initialization. Committed that and pushed out.

		Linus
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