linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] tty: stop using alloc_tty

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Date:   Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:30:07 -0700
From:   Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] tty: stop using alloc_tty_driver

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 12:43 AM Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz> wrote:
>
> alloc_tty_driver was deprecated by tty_alloc_driver in commit
> 7f0bc6a68ed9 (TTY: pass flags to alloc_tty_driver) in 2012.
>
> I never got into eliminating alloc_tty_driver until now. So we still
> have two functions for allocating drivers which might be confusing. So
> get rid of alloc_tty_driver uses to eliminate it for good in the next
> patch.
>
> Note we need to switch return value checking as tty_alloc_driver uses
> ERR_PTR. And flags are now a parameter of tty_alloc_driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>

>  arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/console.c    |  7 +++----

Acked-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max