From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: George Spelvin <linux@horizon.com>
Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, peter@hurleysoftware.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, giometti@linux.it
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/9] pps: Move timestamp read into PPS code proper
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:16:28 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130213181628.GA17367@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31e24f360b1715c262c05d6708353e292640b3a8.1360677367.git.linux@horizon.com>
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 02:00:43AM -0500, George Spelvin wrote:
> The PPS (Pulse-Per-Second) line discipline has developed a number of
> unhealthy attachments to core tty data and functions, ultimately leading
> to its breakage.
>
> The previous patches fixed the crashing. This one reduces coupling further
> by eliminating the timestamp parameter from the dcd_change ldisc method.
> This reduces header file linkage and makes the extension more generic,
> and the timestamp read is delayed only slightly, from just before the
> ldisc->ops->dcd_change method call to just after.
>
> Fix attendant build breakage in
> drivers/tty/n_tty.c
> drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
> drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
I also had to fix up:
drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_*.c
to get things to build properly.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-13 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-12 13:56 [PATCH v2 0/9] 3.8-rc regression with pps-ldisc due to 70ece7a731 George Spelvin
2013-02-06 15:55 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] tty: Remove ancient hardpps() Peter Hurley
2013-02-08 6:50 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] tty/tty_ldisc.c: use test_and_clear_bit in tty_ldisc_close George Spelvin
2013-02-10 9:08 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] pps: Add pps_lookup_dev() function George Spelvin
2013-02-10 9:41 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] pps: Use pps_lookup_dev to reduce ldisc coupling George Spelvin
2013-02-10 9:43 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] pps: Don't crash the machine when exiting will do George Spelvin
2013-02-10 9:44 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] pps: Additional cleanups in uart_handle_dcd_change George Spelvin
2013-02-12 7:00 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] pps: Move timestamp read into PPS code proper George Spelvin
2013-02-13 18:16 ` Greg KH [this message]
2013-02-12 7:02 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] pps: Use a single cdev George Spelvin
2013-02-13 18:20 ` Greg KH
2013-02-13 18:35 ` George Spelvin
2013-02-13 18:47 ` Greg KH
2013-02-21 1:35 ` Peter Hurley
2013-02-12 7:27 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] pps: Fix a use-after free bug when unregistering a source George Spelvin
2013-02-13 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] 3.8-rc regression with pps-ldisc due to 70ece7a731 Greg KH
2013-02-13 17:11 ` Rodolfo Giometti
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