From 18717b06ee4897c2cc5e92783386c4b304b9fce9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:08:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] serial: doc: .(un)throttle() are serialized by the tty layer Document that .(un)throttle() are serialized with each other, and with termios modification by the tty layer. Reported-by: Peter Hurley Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/serial/driver | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/serial/driver b/Documentation/serial/driver index 03b703cf9318..7fb80682e394 100644 --- a/Documentation/serial/driver +++ b/Documentation/serial/driver @@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ hardware. should be sent to the serial port. This will be called only if hardware assisted flow control is enabled. - Locking: none. + Locking: serialized with .unthrottle() and termios modification by the + tty layer. unthrottle(port) Notify the serial driver that characters can now be sent to the serial @@ -145,7 +146,8 @@ hardware. disciplines. This will be called only if hardware assisted flow control is enabled. - Locking: none. + Locking: serialized with .throttle() and termios modification by the + tty layer. send_xchar(port,ch) Transmit a high priority character, even if the port is stopped. -- 2.20.1