Re: Question about TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP

[Alan Cox]

> Is the TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP bit some kind of cruft that can be removed entirely 
> or should i generate a patch for serial devices only ?

It shouldn't happen at the serial level. The line discipline sets the
flag as and when it has data for the process above.

The expected flow in normal use is

	app writes to tty
		data goes to n_tty ldisc
			goes to tty
		n_tty ldisc seems tty blocked
		n_tty ldisc sets DO_WRITE_WAKEUP

	tty gets ucongested
		calls n_tty write_wakeup
			SIGIO sent
			Flag set again

The important part of the logic is in n_tty.c and tty_io.c

Alan
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