Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix the TIOCGICOUNT problem for good

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From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:21:06 +0100

> Remembering to clear fields is something driver authors are simply never
> going to remember to get right every new driver. Instead take the problem
> away from them and give them a simple interface to do the job.
> 
> ---
> 
> Alan Cox (3):
>       tty: icount changeover for other main devices
>       tty: Convert the USB drivers to the new icount interface
>       tty: Make tiocgicount a handler

This is a good plan for the next merge window, but for the current
-rc series and -stable we'd better just fix the individual cases.
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