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Date:	Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:03:35 +0200
From:	Filip Aben <f.aben@...ion.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, gregkh@...e.de
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hso: remove setting of low_latency flag

Hi all,

Did the patch below get accepted or is there a problem with it ?
Haven't seen it appearing in any git trees so far.

Thanks,

Filip-

On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 11:17 +0200, f.aben@...ion.com wrote:
> This patch removes the setting of the low_latency flag. 
> tty_flip_buffer_push() is occasionally being called in irq context, which 
> causes a hang if the low_latency flag is set.
> Removing the low_latency flag only seems to impact the flush to ldisc, 
> which will now be put on a workqueue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Filip Aben <f.aben@...ion.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
> index 0a3c41f..4dd2351 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
> @@ -1334,7 +1334,6 @@ static int hso_serial_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
>  	/* check for port already opened, if not set the termios */
>  	serial->open_count++;
>  	if (serial->open_count == 1) {
> -		tty->low_latency = 1;
>  		serial->rx_state = RX_IDLE;
>  		/* Force default termio settings */
>  		_hso_serial_set_termios(tty, NULL);
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