linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] n_tty: Ensure reader restarts worker for next reader

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Message-ID: <527BF1B5.20803@hurleysoftware.com>
Date:	Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:01:57 -0500
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mikael Pettersson <mikpelinux@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] n_tty: Ensure reader restarts worker for next reader

On 11/07/2013 01:59 PM, Peter Hurley wrote:
> A departing reader must restart a flush_to_ldisc() worker _before_
> the next reader enters the read loop; this is to avoid the new reader
> concluding no more i/o is available and prematurely exiting, when the
> old reader simply hasn't re-started the worker yet.
>
> Cc: stable@...nel.org # 3.12
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>

Greg,

I fluffed the stable cc:  Please pick this up for 3.12.1.

Regards,
Peter Hurley

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