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Subject: Re: Linux tty layer hackery: Heads up and RFC
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl>
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On Gwe, 2005-07-22 at 16:57 +0200, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> Ok, So then I start copying characters into the flipstring, but how do
> I say I'm done?

tty_flip_buffer_push() (or its possibly renamed equivalent). At that
point as now the buffer may get processed or queued to the ldisc. At
that point its now owned by the ldisc and the tty buffer layer will give
you new buffers.