linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] tty: Add get- ioctls to fetch tty status

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Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:46:53 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] tty: Add get- ioctls to fetch tty status

On 09/13/2012 11:56 AM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> For checkpoint/restore we need to know if tty has
> exclusive or packet mode set, as well as if pty
> is currently locked. Just to be able to restore
> this characteristics.
> 
> For this sake the following ioctl codes are introduced
> 
>  - TIOGPKT to get packet mode state
>  - TIOGPTLCK to get Pty locked state
>  - TIOGEXCL to get Exclusive mode state

Hi! I have only a comment regarding the naming. Why not to follow TIOC*?

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs
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