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* [PATCH 0/2] hvc_console: Add DTR/RTS callbacks to handle HUPCL conditions
@ 2013-07-02 15:07 Hendrik Brueckner
  2013-07-02 15:07 ` [PATCH 1/2] tty/hvc_console: Add DTR/RTS callback to handle HUPCL control Hendrik Brueckner
  2013-07-02 15:07 ` [PATCH 2/2] tty/hvc_iucv: Disconnect IUCV connection when lowering DTR Hendrik Brueckner
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Hendrik Brueckner @ 2013-07-02 15:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: benh, jslaby, gregkh
  Cc: linux-s390, heiko.carstens, linux-kernel, brueckner, schwidefsky,
	linuxppc-dev

Hi folks,

this series resolves an issue for hvc back-ends that transfer
terminal data over an established communication path.

The current implementation of the hvc_console layer notifies its
back-ends for tty open, close, and hangups.  However, there are
conditions where the hangup-on-close (HUPCL) termios flag must be
considered, for example, when doing a vhangup().

For the hvc_iucv back-end, users perceives disconnects at their
login which are triggered by a modified vhangup() invocation as
described in https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/6/5/145.
(The kernel change implied also a change in the login program).

However, this also necessitates to inform back-ends about changes
in the DTR/RTS control lines which actually depend on the setting
of the HUPCL termios flag.  Like in the old days for modems,
network-based back-ends need to know when to hang-up and drop off
an established communication path.  Without this new notification,
back-ends can only use the tty open, close, hangup notifiers to
decide whether to disconnect.  This is not sufficient because the
HUPCL flag can be cleared (i.e. not to hang-up a connection) when
last tty file descriptor is closed.

This series adds the dtr_rts() callback to the hvc_console layer
and modifies the hvc_iucv device driver to disconnect an established
IUCV connection only when the DTR/RTS is lowered.


Feedback is very welcome.  Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,
  Hendrik

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2013-07-02 15:07 ` [PATCH 1/2] tty/hvc_console: Add DTR/RTS callback to handle HUPCL control Hendrik Brueckner
2013-10-11  7:15   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-10-11 12:47     ` Hendrik Brueckner
2013-10-11 20:43       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-10-15 15:36         ` Hendrik Brueckner
2013-10-15 20:47           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-10-16  9:04             ` Hendrik Brueckner
2013-10-16 23:21               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-10-17  8:16                 ` Hendrik Brueckner
2013-07-02 15:07 ` [PATCH 2/2] tty/hvc_iucv: Disconnect IUCV connection when lowering DTR Hendrik Brueckner

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