Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm3

[Alan Cox]

On Gwe, 2004-09-24 at 20:43, Russell King wrote:
> Well, this is not the only place where the termios can be changed.
> Drivers can change it in their set_termios method, and are in fact
> required to do so for POSIX compliance.

The new code calls the driver set_termios method under the termios lock
which should mean it can now safely mangle it when appropriate and
without a race against users.

> Unfortunately the way the tty layer currently goes about setting
> termios settings does not lend itself well to conforming to that.

Anything specific needs changing while I'm doing termios locking ?

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