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authorPeter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>2013-12-02 13:56:03 -0500
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2013-12-08 16:56:05 -0800
commit82f91fe092b6eacd82e976b8955443f9fd97d07e (patch)
tree42b967f676e8054a222e58521024babe250b88c9 /include/linux/tty_ldisc.h
parent6c67716d64103e5a8e23c45dcdfc76520033d479 (diff)
tty: Always handle NULL flag ptr
Most line disciplines already handle the undocumented NULL flag ptr in their .receive_buf method; however, several don't. Document the NULL flag ptr, and correct handling in the N_MOUSE, N_GSM0710 and N_R394 line disciplines. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/tty_ldisc.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/tty_ldisc.h6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h b/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h
index f15c898ff462..b8347c207cb8 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
* processing. <cp> is a pointer to the buffer of input
* character received by the device. <fp> is a pointer to a
* pointer of flag bytes which indicate whether a character was
- * received with a parity error, etc.
+ * received with a parity error, etc. <fp> may be NULL to indicate
+ * all data received is TTY_NORMAL.
*
* void (*write_wakeup)(struct tty_struct *);
*
@@ -118,7 +119,8 @@
* processing. <cp> is a pointer to the buffer of input
* character received by the device. <fp> is a pointer to a
* pointer of flag bytes which indicate whether a character was
- * received with a parity error, etc.
+ * received with a parity error, etc. <fp> may be NULL to indicate
+ * all data received is TTY_NORMAL.
* If assigned, prefer this function for automatic flow control.
*/