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* [patch] 2.4.3-pre2: fix lp_read
@ 2001-03-06 17:00 Tim Waugh
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From: Tim Waugh @ 2001-03-06 17:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linus Torvalds; +Cc: linux-kernel

This patch should make printer status readback a little less broken
than before.

2001-06-03  Tim Waugh  <twaugh@redhat.com>

	* drivers/char/lp.c (lp_read): The loop is broken.  Remove it,
	and restore 2.2.x behaviour.

--- linux/drivers/char/lp.c.readback	Tue Mar  6 16:47:08 2001
+++ linux/drivers/char/lp.c	Tue Mar  6 16:47:31 2001
@@ -344,26 +344,7 @@
 		return -EINTR;
 
 	parport_claim_or_block (lp_table[minor].dev);
-
-	for (;;) {
-		retval = parport_read (port, kbuf, count);
-
-		if (retval)
-			break;
-
-		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
-			break;
-
-		/* Wait for an interrupt. */
-		interruptible_sleep_on_timeout (&lp_table[minor].waitq,
-						LP_TIMEOUT_POLLED);
-
-		if (signal_pending (current)) {
-			retval = -EINTR;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
+	retval = parport_read (port, kbuf, count);
 	parport_release (lp_table[minor].dev);
 
 	if (retval > 0 && copy_to_user (buf, kbuf, retval))

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