Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264246AbUIXWOf (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:14:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269001AbUIXWOf (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:14:35 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:42473 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264246AbUIXWOd (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:14:33 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm3 From: Alan Cox To: Russell King Cc: Paul Fulghum , James Morris , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20040924204345.C11325@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1096051977.1938.5.camel@deimos.microgate.com> <1096053328.1938.11.camel@deimos.microgate.com> <20040924204345.C11325@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1096060310.10800.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:11:51 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 848 Lines: 19 On Gwe, 2004-09-24 at 20:43, Russell King wrote: > Well, this is not the only place where the termios can be changed. > Drivers can change it in their set_termios method, and are in fact > required to do so for POSIX compliance. The new code calls the driver set_termios method under the termios lock which should mean it can now safely mangle it when appropriate and without a race against users. > Unfortunately the way the tty layer currently goes about setting > termios settings does not lend itself well to conforming to that. Anything specific needs changing while I'm doing termios locking ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/