linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 02/19] serial: 68328: Remove bogus ldisc reset

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:40:51 -0800
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 02/19] serial: 68328: Remove bogus ldisc reset

As the #warning indicates, the open-coded ldisc reset was always not ok.
Not only is this code long dead, but now it would have no effect as
the ldisc is destroyed when this driver's close() method returns; remove.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/68328serial.c | 12 +-----------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/68328serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/68328serial.c
index 0982c1a..90639b5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/68328serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/68328serial.c
@@ -1054,17 +1054,7 @@ static void rs_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 	tty_ldisc_flush(tty);
 	tty->closing = 0;
 	tty_port_tty_set(&info->tport, NULL);
-#warning "This is not and has never been valid so fix it"	
-#if 0
-	if (tty->ldisc.num != ldiscs[N_TTY].num) {
-		if (tty->ldisc.close)
-			(tty->ldisc.close)(tty);
-		tty->ldisc = ldiscs[N_TTY];
-		tty->termios.c_line = N_TTY;
-		if (tty->ldisc.open)
-			(tty->ldisc.open)(tty);
-	}
-#endif	
+
 	if (port->blocked_open) {
 		if (port->close_delay)
 			msleep_interruptible(jiffies_to_msecs(port->close_delay));
-- 
2.7.0