From 39c2e60f8c584c1b29b5c4375dd49df7995386bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Cox Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:54:18 -0700 Subject: tty: add throttle/unthrottle helpers Something Arjan suggested which allows us to clean up the code nicely Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Cc: Arjan van de Ven Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/tty.h | 2 ++ include/linux/tty_driver.h | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h index c36a76da2ae..7f7121f9c96 100644 --- a/include/linux/tty.h +++ b/include/linux/tty.h @@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ extern int tty_put_char(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char c); extern int tty_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty); extern int tty_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty); extern void tty_driver_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty); +extern void tty_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty); +extern void tty_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty); extern int is_current_pgrp_orphaned(void); extern struct pid *tty_get_pgrp(struct tty_struct *tty); diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h index f80d73b690f..59f1c0bd8f9 100644 --- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h +++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h @@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ * This routine notifies the tty driver that input buffers for * the line discipline are close to full, and it should somehow * signal that no more characters should be sent to the tty. + * + * Optional: Always invoke via tty_throttle(); * * void (*unthrottle)(struct tty_struct * tty); * @@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ * that characters can now be sent to the tty without fear of * overrunning the input buffers of the line disciplines. * + * Optional: Always invoke via tty_unthrottle(); + * * void (*stop)(struct tty_struct *tty); * * This routine notifies the tty driver that it should stop -- cgit v1.2.3