On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 17:33 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> I don't think it's a real fix.
>
> a) what protects tty from disappearing?
Nothing..
> b) why the hell do we need that schedule_work() at all? handle_sysrq() is
> supposed to be safe to use from irq handler; when needed it does arrange for
> delayed execution itself.
Fritz probably did that because earlier versions of handle_sysrq() could
not be called in interrupt context. ctrlchar.c is rather old, the first
checkin I can see is from 2001/01/18.
> So how about we simply call handle_sysrq() there and be done with that?
> Martin?
If it works that is fine with me. Another simplification. I take a look
at it next week.
--
blue skies,
Martin.
Martin Schwidefsky
Linux for zSeries Development & Services
IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH
"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.
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