4 files changed, 4 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/mxser.c b/drivers/char/mxser.c
index 645d9d7..72cfd09 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mxser.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mxser.c
@@ -996,7 +996,6 @@ static int mxser_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 
 	info->session = current->signal->session;
 	info->pgrp = process_group(current);
-	clear_bit(TTY_DONT_FLIP, &tty->flags);
 
 	/*
 	status = mxser_get_msr(info->base, 0, info->port);
diff --git a/drivers/char/n_tty.c b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
index b9371d5..603b9ad 100644
--- a/drivers/char/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ static inline int input_available_p(struct tty_struct *tty, int amt)
  *	buffer, and once to drain the space from the (physical) beginning of
  *	the buffer to head pointer.
  *
- *	Called under the tty->atomic_read_lock sem and with TTY_DONT_FLIP set
+ *	Called under the tty->atomic_read_lock sem
  *
  */
  
@@ -1271,7 +1271,6 @@ do_it_again:
 	}
 
 	add_wait_queue(&tty->read_wait, &wait);
-	set_bit(TTY_DONT_FLIP, &tty->flags);
 	while (nr) {
 		/* First test for status change. */
 		if (tty->packet && tty->link->ctrl_status) {
@@ -1315,9 +1314,7 @@ do_it_again:
 				break;
 			}
 			n_tty_set_room(tty);
-			clear_bit(TTY_DONT_FLIP, &tty->flags);
 			timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
-			set_bit(TTY_DONT_FLIP, &tty->flags);
 			continue;
 		}
 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
@@ -1394,7 +1391,6 @@ do_it_again:
 		if (time)
 			timeout = time;
 	}
-	clear_bit(TTY_DONT_FLIP, &tty->flags);
 	mutex_unlock(&tty->atomic_read_lock);
 	remove_wait_queue(&tty->read_wait, &wait);
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/pty.c b/drivers/char/pty.c
index 9b5a2c0..0c17f61 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pty.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void pty_unthrottle(struct tty_struct * tty)
  *
  * FIXME: Our pty_write method is called with our ldisc lock held but
  * not our partners. We can't just take the other one blindly without
- * risking deadlocks.  There is also the small matter of TTY_DONT_FLIP
+ * risking deadlocks.
  */
 static int pty_write(struct tty_struct * tty, const unsigned char *buf, int count)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index bd74e82..b846d87 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -784,11 +784,8 @@ restart:
 	}
 
 	clear_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty->flags);
-	clear_bit(TTY_DONT_FLIP, &tty->flags);
-	if (o_tty) {
+	if (o_tty)
 		clear_bit(TTY_LDISC, &o_tty->flags);
-		clear_bit(TTY_DONT_FLIP, &o_tty->flags);
-	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty_ldisc_lock, flags);
 
 	/*
@@ -1955,7 +1952,6 @@ static void release_dev(struct file * filp)
 	 * race with the set_ldisc code path.
 	 */
 	clear_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty->flags);
-	clear_bit(TTY_DONT_FLIP, &tty->flags);
 	cancel_delayed_work(&tty->buf.work);
 
 	/*
@@ -2784,13 +2780,6 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(void *private_)
 	if (disc == NULL)	/*  !TTY_LDISC */
 		return;
 
-	if (test_bit(TTY_DONT_FLIP, &tty->flags)) {
-		/*
-		 * Do it after the next timer tick:
-		 */
-		schedule_delayed_work(&tty->buf.work, 1);
-		goto out;
-	}
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
 	while((tbuf = tty->buf.head) != NULL) {
 		while ((count = tbuf->commit - tbuf->read) != 0) {
@@ -2809,7 +2798,7 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(void *private_)
 		tty_buffer_free(tty, tbuf);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
-out:
+
 	tty_ldisc_deref(disc);
 }