Re: [PATCH 00/21] TTY buffer in tty_port and other stuff

2012-10-22 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:26:26PM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote: > Hi, > > this is the fifth series of patches which finally move tty buffers > from tty_struct (present from open to close/hangup) to tty_port > (present as long as the device). This allows us to get rid of the tty > refcounting in the in

Re: [PATCH 00/21] TTY buffer in tty_port and other stuff

2012-10-22 Thread Alan Cox
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:26:26 +0200 Jiri Slaby wrote: > Hi, > > this is the fifth series of patches which finally move tty buffers > from tty_struct (present from open to close/hangup) to tty_port > (present as long as the device). This allows us to get rid of the tty > refcounting in the interru

Re: [PATCH 00/21] TTY buffer in tty_port and other stuff

2012-10-18 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:26:26PM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote: > Hi, > > this is the fifth series of patches which finally move tty buffers > from tty_struct (present from open to close/hangup) to tty_port > (present as long as the device). This allows us to get rid of the tty > refcounting in the in

[PATCH 00/21] TTY buffer in tty_port and other stuff

2012-10-18 Thread Jiri Slaby
Hi, this is the fifth series of patches which finally move tty buffers from tty_struct (present from open to close/hangup) to tty_port (present as long as the device). This allows us to get rid of the tty refcounting in the interrupt service routines and other hot paths after we are done. This is