Re: 2.2.15pre4 VM fix

From: Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@MIT.EDU)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2000 - 11:29:14 EST


   Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:40:30 +0000 (GMT)
   From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>

> > Please give this patch (against 2.2.15pre4) a solid beating
> > and report back to us. Thanks all!
>
> n_tty_open() has been caught with your patch.
> Thanks!

   Do you know which drivers (serial,tty) you were using it. n_tty_open itself
   seems ok, but the caller may be guilty

The drivers don't call the line discpline open routine. That honor is
reserved to the high-level tty layer --- see tty_set_ldisc in tty_io.c

                                                        - Ted

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