On 22.11.2012 1:30, Alan Cox wrote:
Function reset_buffer_flags() also invoked during the
ioctl(...,TCFLSH,..). At the time of request we can have full buffers
and throttled driver too. If we don't unthrottle driver, we can get
forever throttled driver, because after request, we will have
empty buffers and throttled driver and there is no place to unthrottle driver.
It simple reproduce with "pty" pair then one side sleep on tty->write_wait,
and other side do ioctl(...,TCFLSH,..). Then there is no place to do writers
wake up.
So instead of revertng it why not just fix it ? Just add an argument to
the reset_buffer_flags function to indicate if unthrottling is permitted.
Alan
Because in my opinion, unthrottling permitted always, except release
last filp (tty->count == 0)
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