The receive_buf methods of the N_PPP and N_SYNC_PPP line disciplines, ppp_asynctty_receive() and ppp_sync_receive(), call tty_unthrottle() which may sleep. Fix the comments claiming otherwise. Impact: documentation Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ppp_async.c | 5 +---- drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c | 5 +---- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_async.c b/drivers/net/ppp_async.c index 6de8399..30b1b33 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp_async.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp_async.c @@ -337,10 +337,7 @@ ppp_asynctty_poll(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file, poll_table *wait) return 0; } -/* - * This can now be called from hard interrupt level as well - * as soft interrupt level or mainline. - */ +/* May sleep, don't call from interrupt level or with interrupts disabled */ static void ppp_asynctty_receive(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf, char *cflags, int count) diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c b/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c index d2fa2db..c908b08 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c @@ -378,10 +378,7 @@ ppp_sync_poll(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file, poll_table *wait) return 0; } -/* - * This can now be called from hard interrupt level as well - * as soft interrupt level or mainline. - */ +/* May sleep, don't call from interrupt level or with interrupts disabled */ static void ppp_sync_receive(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf, char *cflags, int count) -- 1.6.2.1.214.ge986c -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html