Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:39:45 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Boyan <btanastasov@yahoo.co.uk>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
       Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
       Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@vger.kernel.org>,
       Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>, Ed Tomlinson <edt@aei.ca>,
       hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp
Subject: Re: [Bug #14388] keyboard under X with 2.6.31
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On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:02:10 -0700 (PDT)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Boyan wrote:
> > 
> > Works for me. I couldn't reproduce the problem with only this patch on
> > top of  2.6.31.4.
> 
> So just to verify: both the flush_to_ldisc() patch _and_ the 
> "flush_delayed_work()" one fixed the problem for you? And you tested them 
> independently? And you said you could reliably trigger it before?
> 
> Ok, that makes me happy, because it implies that this really is the root 
> cause, with two different approaches to fixing the same problem both 
> working independently of each other.

It also seems to fix the "letters leaking across a console switch". Can't
be sure as its not trivial to reproduce but it seems to have gone too.
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