linux-kernel - Re: [patch v2 1/6] tty: export tty_open_by

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Message-ID: <20170521060902.GA32641@infradead.org>
Date:   Sat, 20 May 2017 23:09:02 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@...il.com>,
        Chris Brannon <chris@...-brannons.com>,
        Kirk Reiser <kirk@...sers.ca>, speakup@...ux-speakup.org,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [patch v2 1/6] tty: export tty_open_by_driver

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 06:45:32PM +0100, Okash Khawaja wrote:
> This exports tty_open_by_driver so that it can be called from other places inside the kernel. The checks for null file pointer are based on Alan Cox's patch here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1215095.html. Description below is quoted from it:

Any non-staging users?  Please don't add new APIs with proper in-kernel
users (and staging doesn't count for that).