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TTY: Report warning when low_latency flag is wrongly used
authorIvo Sieben <meltedpianoman@gmail.com>
Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:35:42 +0000 (14:35 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:21:32 +0000 (11:21 -0700)
commitb8b345bae8cb6745f2afdd28bb2d93f9cf0d7f2c
treeb5d1e58545b23b90c70f4c1f9a35e00eb09b0816
parent6b898c07cb1d5bd8344a8044288bb4ae3873da74
TTY: Report warning when low_latency flag is wrongly used

When a driver has the low_latency flag set and uses the schedule_flip()
function to initiate copying data to the line discipline, a workqueue is
scheduled in but never actually flushed. This is incorrect use of the
low_latency flag (driver should not support the low_latency flag, or use
the tty_flip_buffer_push() function instead). Make sure a warning is
reported to catch incorrect use of the low_latency flag.

This patch goes with: cee4ad1ed90a0959fc29f9d30a2526e5e9522cfa

Signed-off-by: Ivo Sieben <meltedpianoman@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c