Re: 2.2.15pre4 VM fix

From: Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@MIT.EDU)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2000 - 11:29:14 EST

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       Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:40:30 +0000 (GMT)
       From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>

    > > Please give this patch (against 2.2.15pre4) a solid beating
    > > and report back to us. Thanks all!
    >
    > n_tty_open() has been caught with your patch.
    > Thanks!

       Do you know which drivers (serial,tty) you were using it. n_tty_open itself
       seems ok, but the caller may be guilty

    The drivers don't call the line discpline open routine. That honor is
    reserved to the high-level tty layer --- see tty_set_ldisc in tty_io.c

                                                            - Ted

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