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

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Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:51:57 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
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 Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 01:46:53PM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> 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*?

Hi Jiri, yeah, seems to be a good idea. I'll update if there will be no
objection about idea in general. Thanks!

	Cyrill
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