Re: Question about TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP

[Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff@pcs.com>]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Is the TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP bit some kind of cruft that can be removed entirely 
> > or should i generate a patch for serial devices only ?
> 
> It shouldn't happen at the serial level. The line discipline sets the
> flag as and when it has data for the process above.
> 
> The expected flow in normal use is
> 
> 	app writes to tty
> 		data goes to n_tty ldisc
> 			goes to tty
> 		n_tty ldisc seems tty blocked
> 		n_tty ldisc sets DO_WRITE_WAKEUP
> 
> 	tty gets ucongested
> 		calls n_tty write_wakeup
> 			SIGIO sent
> 			Flag set again
> 
> The important part of the logic is in n_tty.c and tty_io.c

Following the source the TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP flag is set in n_tty_write_wakeup. 

But n_tty_write_wakeup is only called from tty_wakeup when this bit is already 
set, therefore it makes no sense to set this bit in n_tty_write_wakeup again.

The flow looks to me as

If the tty driver sets TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP a SIGIO is generated on every 
tty_wakeup.

If it is not set then n_tty_write_wakeup is never called and a SIGIO is not 
generated.

Thomas