From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix the TIOCGICOUNT problem for good Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:01:49 -0700 Message-ID: <20100917170149.GB13570@kroah.com> References: <20100916171747.25987.33573.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20100916.215639.172549193.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100916.215639.172549193.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Cc: alan@linux.intel.com, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, drosenberg@vsecurity.com List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 09:56:39PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Alan Cox > Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:21:06 +0100 > > > Remembering to clear fields is something driver authors are simply never > > going to remember to get right every new driver. Instead take the problem > > away from them and give them a simple interface to do the job. > > > > --- > > > > Alan Cox (3): > > tty: icount changeover for other main devices > > tty: Convert the USB drivers to the new icount interface > > tty: Make tiocgicount a handler > > This is a good plan for the next merge window, but for the current > -rc series and -stable we'd better just fix the individual cases. Agreed, that's the plan now. thanks, greg k-h