kernel/linux.git/drivers/char/tty_io.c, branch linux-2.6.18.y

[PATCH] Fix tty layer DoS and comment relevant code

2006-08-27T18:01:34+00:00

Unlike the other tty comment patch this one has code changes. Specifically it limits the queue size for a tty to 64K characters (128Kbytes) worst case even if the tty is ignoring tty->throttle. This is because certain drivers don't honour the throttle value correctly, although it is a useful safeguard anyway. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] tty layer comment the locking assumptions and functions somewhat

2006-08-27T18:01:34+00:00

Doesn't fix them but does show up some interesting areas that need review and fixing. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] tty: remove bogus call to cdev_del()

2006-08-27T18:01:28+00:00

When cdev_add() failed there is no reason to call cdev_del(). Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer Cc: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] sched: cleanup, remove task_t, convert to struct task_struct

2006-07-03T22:27:11+00:00

cleanup: remove task_t and convert all the uses to struct task_struct. I introduced it for the scheduler anno and it was a mistake. Conversion was mostly scripted, the result was reviewed and all secondary whitespace and style impact (if any) was fixed up by hand. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] make more file_operation structs static

2006-07-03T22:26:59+00:00

Mark the static struct file_operations in drivers/char as const. Making them const prevents accidental bugs, and moves them to the .rodata section so that they no longer do any false sharing; in addition with the proper debug option they are then protected against corruption.. [akpm@osdl.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Remove obsolete #include

2006-06-30T17:25:36+00:00

Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/devfs-2.6

2006-06-29T21:19:21+00:00

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/devfs-2.6: (22 commits) [PATCH] devfs: Remove it from the feature_removal.txt file [PATCH] devfs: Last little devfs cleanups throughout the kernel tree. [PATCH] devfs: Rename TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS to TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV [PATCH] devfs: Remove the tty_driver devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the line_driver devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the videodevice devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the gendisk devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the miscdevice devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the devfs_fs_kernel.h file from the tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_remove() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_cdev() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_bdev() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_symlink() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_dir() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_*_tape() functions from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs support from the sound subsystem [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs support from the ide subsystem. [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs support from the serial subsystem [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs from the init code [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs from the partition code ...

[PATCH] remove active field from tty buffer structure

2006-06-28T21:59:05+00:00

Remove 'active' field from tty buffer structure. This was added in 2.6.16 as part of a patch to make the new tty buffering SMP safe. This field is unnecessary with the more intelligently written flush_to_ldisc that adds receive_room handling. Removing this field reverts to simpler logic where the tail buffer is always the 'active' buffer, which should not be freed by flush_to_ldisc. (active == buffer being filled with new data) The result is simpler, smaller, and faster tty buffer code. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum Cc: Alan Cox Cc: Theodore Ts'o Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] add receive_room flow control to flush_to_ldisc

2006-06-28T21:59:05+00:00

Flush data serially to line discipline in blocks no larger than tty->receive_room to avoid losing data if line discipline is busy (such as N_TTY operating at high speed on heavily loaded system) or does not accept data in large blocks (such as N_MOUSE). Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] remove TTY_DONT_FLIP

2006-06-28T21:59:05+00:00

Remove TTY_DONT_FLIP tty flag. This flag was introduced in 2.1.X kernels to prevent the N_TTY line discipline functions read_chan() and n_tty_receive_buf() from running at the same time. 2.2.15 introduced tty->read_lock to protect access to the N_TTY read buffer, which is the only state requiring protection between these two functions. The current TTY_DONT_FLIP implementation is broken for SMP, and is not universally honored by drivers that send data directly to the line discipline receive_buf function. Because TTY_DONT_FLIP is not necessary, is broken in implementation, and is not universally honored, it is removed. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum Cc: Alan Cox Cc: Theodore Ts'o Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds