[PATCH 0/8] Fix unsafe uart port access

2015-12-12 Thread Peter Hurley
Hi Greg, The serial core has always intended to allow uart drivers to detach and unload, even while ttys are open and running. Since the serial core is the actual tty driver, it acts as a proxy for the uart driver, which allows the uart driver to remove the port (which hangs up the tty) and then

[PATCH 0/8] Fix unsafe uart port access

2015-12-12 Thread Peter Hurley
Hi Greg, The serial core has always intended to allow uart drivers to detach and unload, even while ttys are open and running. Since the serial core is the actual tty driver, it acts as a proxy for the uart driver, which allows the uart driver to remove the port (which hangs up the tty) and then