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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-11 15:34:40 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-11 15:34:40 -0800 |
| commit | 0f4974c439dd7826c85bae4e6a8088ce2db0f498 (patch) | |
| tree | fdabc7d9bb7d7bc49aad547c0aac3a633ce01f09 /Documentation/serial/tty.txt | |
| parent | 3126c136bc30225d7a43af741778aa50e95e467a (diff) | |
| parent | 36ba782e9674cdc29ec7003757df0b375e99fa96 (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6: (58 commits)
tty: split the lock up a bit further
tty: Move the leader test in disassociate
tty: Push the bkl down a bit in the hangup code
tty: Push the lock down further into the ldisc code
tty: push the BKL down into the handlers a bit
tty: moxa: split open lock
tty: moxa: Kill the use of lock_kernel
tty: moxa: Fix modem op locking
tty: moxa: Kill off the throttle method
tty: moxa: Locking clean up
tty: moxa: rework the locking a bit
tty: moxa: Use more tty_port ops
tty: isicom: fix deadlock on shutdown
tty: mxser: Use the new locking rules to fix setserial properly
tty: mxser: use the tty_port_open method
tty: isicom: sort out the board init logic
tty: isicom: switch to the new tty_port_open helper
tty: tty_port: Add a kref object to the tty port
tty: istallion: tty port open/close methods
tty: stallion: Convert to the tty_port_open/close methods
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/serial/tty.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/serial/tty.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt index 8e65c4498c5..5e5349a4fcd 100644 --- a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt +++ b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ TTY side interfaces: open() - Called when the line discipline is attached to the terminal. No other call into the line discipline for this tty will occur until it - completes successfully. Can sleep. + completes successfully. Returning an error will + prevent the ldisc from being attached. Can sleep. close() - This is called on a terminal when the line discipline is being unplugged. At the point of @@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ close() - This is called on a terminal when the line hangup() - Called when the tty line is hung up. The line discipline should cease I/O to the tty. No further calls into the ldisc code will occur. - Can sleep. + The return value is ignored. Can sleep. write() - A process is writing data through the line discipline. Multiple write calls are serialized @@ -83,6 +84,10 @@ ioctl() - Called when an ioctl is handed to the tty layer that might be for the ldisc. Multiple ioctl calls may occur in parallel. May sleep. +compat_ioctl() - Called when a 32 bit ioctl is handed to the tty layer + that might be for the ldisc. Multiple ioctl calls + may occur in parallel. May sleep. + Driver Side Interfaces: receive_buf() - Hand buffers of bytes from the driver to the ldisc |