Although originally conceived as a hook for port drivers to know
when a port reference is dropped, no driver uses this method.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/tty_port.c | 6 +-----
include/linux/tty.h | 1 -
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
index f597e88..9857f7e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
@@ -480,8 +480,6 @@ int tty_port_close_start(struct tty_port *port,
if (port->count) {
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
- if (port->ops->drop)
- port->ops->drop(port);
return 0;
}
set_bit(ASYNCB_CLOSING, &port->flags);
@@ -500,9 +498,7 @@ int tty_port_close_start(struct tty_port *port,
/* Flush the ldisc buffering */
tty_ldisc_flush(tty);
- /* Don't call port->drop for the last reference. Callers will want
- to drop the last active reference in ->shutdown() or the tty
- shutdown path */
+ /* Report to caller this is the last port reference */
return 1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_port_close_start);
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 64f8646..2f47989 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ struct tty_port_operations {
IFF the port was initialized. Do not use to free resources. Called
under the port mutex to serialize against activate/shutdowns */
void (*shutdown)(struct tty_port *port);
- void (*drop)(struct tty_port *port);
/* Called under the port mutex from tty_port_open, serialized using
the port mutex */
/* FIXME: long term getting the tty argument *out* of this would be
--
1.8.1.2
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