linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] tty: add flag to suppress ready signalling on open

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Message-ID: <54f40116-9a11-8daa-d3cd-5557cc60a4ef@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:46:54 +0100
From:   Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To:     Mychaela Falconia <mychaela.falconia@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Maarten Brock <m.brock@...mierlo.com>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        "Mychaela N . Falconia" <falcon@...ecalypso.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] tty: add flag to suppress ready signalling on open

On 10. 12. 20, 19:59, Mychaela Falconia wrote:
>> O_DIRECT is an interesting hack, has anyone seen if it violates the
>> posix rules for us to use it on a character device like this?
> 
> According to open(2) Linux man page, O_DIRECT does not come from POSIX
> at all, instead it is specific to Linux, FreeBSD and SGI IRIX.  Thus
> it seems like there aren't any POSIX rules to be violated here.
> 
> If we go with O_DIRECT, what semantics are we going to implement?
> There are 3 possibilities that come to mind most readily:
> 
> 1) O_DIRECT applies only to the open call in which this flag is set,
> and suppresses DTR/RTS assertion on that open.  If someone needs to do
> multiple opens with DTR/RTS suppression being required every time,
> then they need to include O_DIRECT every time.
> 
> 2) O_DIRECT applies not only immediately, but also sets a latched flag
> whereby all subsequent opens continue to suppress auto-assertion
> without requiring O_DIRECT every time.  This approach by itself runs
> counter to the generic Unix way of doing things, but it may be OK if
> there is also some ioctl to explicitly set or clear the latched flag.
> 
> 3) O_DIRECT applies only to the open call in which it is set, no
> built-in latching, but there is also some ioctl to control a flag
> enabling or disabling DTR/RTS auto-assertion on subsequent opens.

3) -- to allow standard tools to work on the device after the quirk is 
set up once.

thanks,
-- 
js