linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.8 07/42] speakup: Fix wait_for

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Date:   Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:33:45 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.8 07/42] speakup: Fix wait_for_xmitr for ttyio
 case

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 11:28:59AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 2b86d9b8ec6efb86fc5ea44f2d49b1df17f699a1 ]
> 
> This was missed while introducing the tty-based serial access.
> 
> The only remaining use of wait_for_xmitr with tty-based access is in
> spk_synth_is_alive_restart to check whether the synth can be restarted.
> With tty-based this is up to the tty layer to cope with the buffering
> etc. so we can just say yes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200804160637.x3iycau5izywbgzl@function
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/speakup/serialio.c  | 8 +++++---
>  drivers/staging/speakup/spk_priv.h  | 1 -
>  drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c | 7 +++++++
>  drivers/staging/speakup/spk_types.h | 1 +
>  drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c     | 2 +-
>  5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Not needed for 5.8 or older, sorry, this was a 5.9-rc1+ issue only.

thanks,

greg k-h