Re: [PATCH 00/12] Rework tty_reopen()

2015-12-16 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 07:43:11AM -0800, Peter Hurley wrote: > Hi Greg, > > This series has been reported to fix a regression with Redhat's kdump > systemd service redirecting to /dev/console, when /dev/console is a > serial port. > > The redirection consistently fails with EIO since > "tty: Rem

Re: [PATCH 00/12] Rework tty_reopen()

2015-12-16 Thread Pratyush Anand
On 16/12/2015:07:43:11 AM, Peter Hurley wrote: > #1. Respin this series w/o the tty-next dependencies > #2. Split this series into the minimum necessary to fix the regression As far as kdump issue is concerned, backporting only 12/12 to 4.4-RC is able to resolve it. ~Pratyush -- To unsubscribe fr

Re: [PATCH 00/12] Rework tty_reopen()

2015-12-16 Thread Peter Hurley
Hi Greg, This series has been reported to fix a regression with Redhat's kdump systemd service redirecting to /dev/console, when /dev/console is a serial port. The redirection consistently fails with EIO since "tty: Remove tty_wait_until_sent_from_close", which is new to 4.4-rc Prior to that patc

[PATCH 00/12] Rework tty_reopen()

2015-11-27 Thread Peter Hurley
Hi Greg, This patch series implements two important improvements to tty open() behavior: interruptible open() and automatic retry when tty teardown has already commenced. Interruptible open() allows signals to cancel the open wait if stalled waiting for tty teardown to complete. Automatic retry