linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] n_tty: Buffer work should not reschedule itself

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Message-ID: <5148CA3A.7080804@izyk.ru>
Date:	Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:27:38 +0400
From:	Ilya Zykov <linux@...k.ru>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
CC:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] n_tty: Buffer work should not reschedule itself

On 19.03.2013 18:26, Peter Hurley wrote:
> Although the driver-side input path must update the available
> buffer space, it should not reschedule itself. If space is still
> available and the flip buffers are not empty, flush_to_ldisc()
> will loop again.
> 

Sounds reasonable to me.
Thank you.
Ilya Zykov <linux@...k.ru>


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