> I was originally responsible for adding the spin locks to these console > putc functions, but I'm not sure what the policy is regarding that, as > the 8250 driver doesn't use them for console output for example. For the console it depends if you need them for internal consistency as I understand the codebase. For the core stuff it currently protects port->port.tty against a hangup which would drop the tty under you. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
