linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix the TIOCGICOUNT problem for good

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Message-ID: <20100917170149.GB13570@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:01:49 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	alan@...ux.intel.com, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, drosenberg@...curity.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix the TIOCGICOUNT problem for good

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 09:56:39PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:21:06 +0100
> 
> > Remembering to clear fields is something driver authors are simply never
> > going to remember to get right every new driver. Instead take the problem
> > away from them and give them a simple interface to do the job.
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > Alan Cox (3):
> >       tty: icount changeover for other main devices
> >       tty: Convert the USB drivers to the new icount interface
> >       tty: Make tiocgicount a handler
> 
> This is a good plan for the next merge window, but for the current
> -rc series and -stable we'd better just fix the individual cases.

Agreed, that's the plan now.

thanks,

greg k-h
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