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author | Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2011-07-05 21:50:18 +0000 |
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committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2011-07-19 15:13:05 +1000 |
commit | 8c2381af0d3ef62a681dac5a141b6dabb27bf2e1 (patch) | |
tree | 42cd8aaecca37a7fce9d81d20fcd78f9d86647b1 /arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | |
parent | 63f21a56f1cc0b800a4c00349c59448f82473d19 (diff) |
hvc_console: Improve tty/console put_chars handling
Currently, the hvc_console_print() function drops console output if the
hvc backend's put_chars() returns 0. This patch changes this behavior
to allow a retry through returning -EAGAIN.
This change also affects the hvc_push() function. Both functions are
changed to handle -EAGAIN and to retry the put_chars() operation.
If a hvc backend returns -EAGAIN, the retry handling differs:
- hvc_console_print() spins to write the complete console output.
- hvc_push() behaves the same way as for returning 0.
Now hvc backends can indirectly control the way how console output is
handled through the hvc console layer.
Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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