linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: ftdi_sio: Remove tty->low

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Message-ID: <20091003102125.GA605@localhost>
Date:	Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:21:25 +0200
From:	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Michael Trimarchi <trimarchi@...dalf.sssup.it>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: ftdi_sio: Remove tty->low_latency.

On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 03:29:56PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> The code doesn't fall over immediately in my testing.  So at first glance
> this appears to be as good as removing low_latency.

The patch wasn't intended as a replacement for removing low_latency. It
still calls tty_flip_buffer_push from interrupt context.

/Johan

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