Hi 2012/9/24 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > flush_to_ldisc calls into the tty core code which sleeps. The rule is > that you may not call flush_to_ldisc except from a workqueue context. > > If you break that rule then various bad things will occur (eg rx -> > flush_to_ldisc -> n_tty -> flow control -> tx -> deadlock) in a lot of > drivers. > > > Several of them are ones that shouldn't. > OK, I now understand what you mean with "pile that has needs to move the other way" I'll abandon this patch. Thank you all for reviewing Regards, Ivo Sieben -- 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
