Merge tag 'tty-4.4-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty

Pull tty/serial driver updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big tty and serial driver update for 4.4-rc1.

  Lots of serial driver updates and a few small tty core changes.  Full
  details in the shortlog.

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while"

* tag 'tty-4.4-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (148 commits)
  tty: Use unbound workqueue for all input workers
  tty: Abstract tty buffer work
  tty: Prevent tty teardown during tty_write_message()
  tty: core: Use correct spinlock flavor in tiocspgrp()
  tty: Combine SIGTTOU/SIGTTIN handling
  serial: amba-pl011: fix incorrect integer size in pl011_fifo_to_tty()
  ttyFDC: Fix build problems due to use of module_{init,exit}
  tty: remove unneeded return statement
  serial: 8250_mid: add support for DMA engine handling from UART MMIO
  dmaengine: hsu: remove platform data
  dmaengine: hsu: introduce stubs for the exported functions
  dmaengine: hsu: make the UART driver in control of selecting this driver
  serial: fix mctrl helper functions
  serial: 8250_pci: Intel MID UART support to its own driver
  serial: fsl_lpuart: add earlycon support
  tty: disable unbind for old 74xx based serial/mpsc console port
  serial: pl011: Spelling s/clocks-names/clock-names/
  n_tty: Remove reader wakeups for TTY_BREAK/TTY_PARITY chars
  tty: synclink, fix indentation
  serial: at91, fix rs485 properties
  ...

1 files changed, 39 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
index 973c8ad3f959..bc3842dc323a 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
@@ -39,8 +39,13 @@ 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. Returning an error will
-			prevent the ldisc from being attached. Can sleep.
+			completes successfully. Should initialize any
+			state needed by the ldisc, and set receive_room
+			in the tty_struct to the maximum amount of data
+			the line discipline is willing to accept from the
+			driver with a single call to receive_buf().
+			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
@@ -52,9 +57,16 @@ hangup()	-	Called when the tty line is hung up.
 			No further calls into the ldisc code will occur.
 			The return value is ignored. Can sleep.
 
-write()		-	A process is writing data through the line
-			discipline.  Multiple write calls are serialized
-			by the tty layer for the ldisc.  May sleep. 
+read()		-	(optional) A process requests reading data from
+			the line. Multiple read calls may occur in parallel
+			and the ldisc must deal with serialization issues.
+			If not defined, the process will receive an EIO
+			error. May sleep.
+
+write()		-	(optional) A process requests writing data to the
+			line. Multiple write calls are serialized by the
+			tty layer for the ldisc. If not defined, the
+			process will receive an EIO error. May sleep.
 
 flush_buffer()	-	(optional) May be called at any point between
 			open and close, and instructs the line discipline
@@ -69,27 +81,33 @@ set_termios()	-	(optional) Called on termios structure changes.
 			termios semaphore so allowed to sleep. Serialized
 			against itself only.
 
-read()		-	Move data from the line discipline to the user.
-			Multiple read calls may occur in parallel and the
-			ldisc must deal with serialization issues. May 
-			sleep.
-
-poll()		-	Check the status for the poll/select calls. Multiple
-			poll calls may occur in parallel. May sleep.
+poll()		-	(optional) Check the status for the poll/select
+			calls. Multiple poll calls may occur in parallel.
+			May sleep.
 
-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. 
+ioctl()		-	(optional) 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.
+compat_ioctl()	-	(optional) 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
-			for processing. Semantics currently rather
-			mysterious 8(
+receive_buf()	-	(optional) Called by the low-level driver to hand
+			a buffer of received bytes to the ldisc for
+			processing. The number of bytes is guaranteed not
+			to exceed the current value of tty->receive_room.
+			All bytes must be processed.
+
+receive_buf2()	-	(optional) Called by the low-level driver to hand
+			a buffer of received bytes to the ldisc for
+			processing. Returns the number of bytes processed.
+
+			If both receive_buf() and receive_buf2() are
+			defined, receive_buf2() should be preferred.
 
 write_wakeup()	-	May be called at any point between open and close.
 			The TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP flag indicates if a call