The patch titled Char: mxser_new, eliminate tty ldisc deref has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is char-mxser_new-eliminate-tty-ldisc-deref.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Char: mxser_new, eliminate tty ldisc deref From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Use tty_ldisc_flush and tty_wakeup helpers for accessing ldisc internals. Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/mxser_new.c | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/mxser_new.c~char-mxser_new-eliminate-tty-ldisc-deref drivers/char/mxser_new.c --- a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c~char-mxser_new-eliminate-tty-ldisc-deref +++ a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c @@ -1065,7 +1065,6 @@ static void mxser_close(struct tty_struc unsigned long timeout; unsigned long flags; - struct tty_ldisc *ld; if (tty->index == MXSER_PORTS) return; @@ -1145,12 +1144,7 @@ static void mxser_close(struct tty_struc if (tty->driver->flush_buffer) tty->driver->flush_buffer(tty); - ld = tty_ldisc_ref(tty); - if (ld) { - if (ld->flush_buffer) - ld->flush_buffer(tty); - tty_ldisc_deref(ld); - } + tty_ldisc_flush(tty); tty->closing = 0; info->event = 0; @@ -1303,9 +1297,7 @@ static void mxser_flush_buffer(struct tt spin_unlock_irqrestore(&info->slock, flags); /* above added by shinhay */ - wake_up_interruptible(&tty->write_wait); - if ((tty->flags & (1 << TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP)) && tty->ldisc.write_wakeup) - (tty->ldisc.write_wakeup) (tty); + tty_wakeup(tty); } /* _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx are pci-mxser-pci-refcounts.patch mxser-make-an-experimental-clone.patch char-mxser_new-correct-include-file.patch char-mxser_new-upgrade-to-191.patch char-mxser_new-rework-to-allow-dynamic-structs.patch char-mxser_new-use-__devinit-macros.patch char-mxser_new-pci_request_region-for-pci-regions.patch char-mxser_new-check-request_region-retvals.patch char-mxser_new-kill-unneeded-memsets.patch char-mxser_new-revert-spin_lock-changes.patch char-mxser_new-remove-request-for-testers-line.patch char-mxser_new-debug-printk-dependent-on-debug.patch char-mxser_new-alter-license-terms.patch char-mxser_new-code-upside-down.patch char-mxser_new-cmspar-is-defined.patch char-remove-unneded-termbits-redefinitions-mxser_new.patch char-mxser_new-eliminate-tty-ldisc-deref.patch char-mxser_new-testbit-for-bit-testing.patch char-mxser_new-correct-fail-paths.patch char-mxser_new-dont-check-tty_unregister-retval.patch char-mxser_new-compress-isa-finding.patch char-mxser_new-register-tty-devices-on-the-fly.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html