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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c14
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
index f1a7918..6c9b7cd 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
@@ -413,8 +413,7 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
if (!test_and_set_bit(TTY_FLUSHING, &tty->flags)) {
- struct tty_buffer *head, *tail = tty->buf.tail;
- int seen_tail = 0;
+ struct tty_buffer *head;
while ((head = tty->buf.head) != NULL) {
int count;
char *char_buf;
@@ -424,15 +423,6 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
if (!count) {
if (head->next == NULL)
break;
- /*
- There's a possibility tty might get new buffer
- added during the unlock window below. We could
- end up spinning in here forever hogging the CPU
- completely. To avoid this let's have a rest each
- time we processed the tail buffer.
- */
- if (tail == head)
- seen_tail = 1;
tty->buf.head = head->next;
tty_buffer_free(tty, head);
continue;
@@ -442,7 +432,7 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
line discipline as we want to empty the queue */
if (test_bit(TTY_FLUSHPENDING, &tty->flags))
break;
- if (!tty->receive_room || seen_tail)
+ if (!tty->receive_room)
break;
if (count > tty->receive_room)
count = tty->receive_room;
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