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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/index.rst index 8f7d7af3b90b..7eb21a695fc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/index.rst @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Support for Serial devices driver - tty Serial drivers ============== diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/tty.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/tty.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 65f971e3aada..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/tty.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,87 +0,0 @@ -================= -The Lockronomicon -================= - -Your guide to the ancient and twisted locking policies of the tty layer and -the warped logic behind them. Beware all ye who read on. - - -Line Discipline ---------------- - -Line disciplines are registered with tty_register_ldisc() passing the -discipline number and the ldisc structure. At the point of registration the -discipline must be ready to use and it is possible it will get used before -the call returns success. If the call returns an error then it won't get -called. Do not re-use ldisc numbers as they are part of the userspace ABI -and writing over an existing ldisc will cause demons to eat your computer. -After the return the ldisc data has been copied so you may free your own -copy of the structure. You must not re-register over the top of the line -discipline even with the same data or your computer again will be eaten by -demons. - -In order to remove a line discipline call tty_unregister_ldisc(). -In ancient times this always worked. In modern times the function will -return -EBUSY if the ldisc is currently in use. Since the ldisc referencing -code manages the module counts this should not usually be a concern. - -Heed this warning: the reference count field of the registered copies of the -tty_ldisc structure in the ldisc table counts the number of lines using this -discipline. The reference count of the tty_ldisc structure within a tty -counts the number of active users of the ldisc at this instant. In effect it -counts the number of threads of execution within an ldisc method (plus those -about to enter and exit although this detail matters not). - -Line Discipline Methods ------------------------ - -.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/tty_ldisc.h - :identifiers: tty_ldisc_ops - -Driver Access -^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - -Line discipline methods can call the methods of the underlying hardware driver. -These are documented as a part of struct tty_operations. - -Flags -^^^^^ - -Line discipline methods have access to :c:member:`tty_struct.flags` field. See -:doc:`tty_struct`. - -Locking -^^^^^^^ - -Callers to the line discipline functions from the tty layer are required to -take line discipline locks. The same is true of calls from the driver side -but not yet enforced. - -Three calls are now provided:: - - ldisc = tty_ldisc_ref(tty); - -takes a handle to the line discipline in the tty and returns it. If no ldisc -is currently attached or the ldisc is being closed and re-opened at this -point then NULL is returned. While this handle is held the ldisc will not -change or go away:: - - tty_ldisc_deref(ldisc) - -Returns the ldisc reference and allows the ldisc to be closed. Returning the -reference takes away your right to call the ldisc functions until you take -a new reference:: - - ldisc = tty_ldisc_ref_wait(tty); - -Performs the same function as tty_ldisc_ref except that it will wait for an -ldisc change to complete and then return a reference to the new ldisc. - -While these functions are slightly slower than the old code they should have -minimal impact as most receive logic uses the flip buffers and they only -need to take a reference when they push bits up through the driver. - -A caution: The ldisc->open(), ldisc->close() and driver->set_ldisc -functions are called with the ldisc unavailable. Thus tty_ldisc_ref will -fail in this situation if used within these functions. Ldisc and driver -code calling its own functions must be careful in this case. |