Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel...

[karo-tx-linux.git] / drivers / char / hvc_console.c

diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
index 5a8a4c28c867fb67dd811afc0e728b2b2edf9cbc..d97779ef72cb2846dabe8487ebf4cc0b4c7c6bf3 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ static int hvc_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp)
        } /* else count == 0 */
 
        tty->driver_data = hp;
-       tty->low_latency = 1; /* Makes flushes to ldisc synchronous. */
 
        hp->tty = tty;
 
@@ -553,7 +552,7 @@ static int hvc_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
        struct hvc_struct *hp = tty->driver_data;
 
        if (!hp)
-               return -1;
+               return 0;
        return hp->n_outbuf;
 }
 
@@ -764,13 +763,11 @@ struct hvc_struct __devinit *hvc_alloc(uint32_t vtermno, int data,
                        return ERR_PTR(err);
        }
 
-       hp = kmalloc(ALIGN(sizeof(*hp), sizeof(long)) + outbuf_size,
+       hp = kzalloc(ALIGN(sizeof(*hp), sizeof(long)) + outbuf_size,
                        GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!hp)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-       memset(hp, 0x00, sizeof(*hp));
-
        hp->vtermno = vtermno;
        hp->data = data;
        hp->ops = ops;
@@ -876,8 +873,11 @@ static int hvc_init(void)
                goto stop_thread;
        }
 
-       /* FIXME: This mb() seems completely random.  Remove it. */
-       mb();
+       /*
+        * Make sure tty is fully registered before allowing it to be
+        * found by hvc_console_device.
+        */
+       smp_mb();
        hvc_driver = drv;
        return 0;