linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] Get rid of old tty

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:18:21 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Get rid of old tty_driver functions

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 09:43:09AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> This series converts the rest of the drivers to use:
> * tty_alloc_driver instead of alloc_tty_driver, and
> * tty_driver_kref_put instead of put_tty_driver.
> 
> They were more of less interchangeable, alloc_tty_driver() and
> put_tty_driver() are older interfaces which weren't eliminated until
> now.

Nice, thanks for cleaning this up!

greg k-h