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| From | Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [patch v2 1/6] tty: export tty_open_by_driver |
| Date | 2017-05-21 08:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tJsdY-43U-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tHsrL-2Pf-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <tHsrL-2Pf-17@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 06:45:32PM +0100, Okash Khawaja wrote: > This exports tty_open_by_driver so that it can be called from other places inside the kernel. The checks for null file pointer are based on Alan Cox's patch here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1215095.html. Description below is quoted from it: Any non-staging users? Please don't add new APIs with proper in-kernel users (and staging doesn't count for that).
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[patch v2 1/6] tty: export tty_open_by_driver Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 20:00 +0200
Re: [patch v2 1/6] tty: export tty_open_by_driver Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2017-05-21 08:10 +0200
Re: [patch v2 1/6] tty: export tty_open_by_driver Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-05-21 09:50 +0200
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