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SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/7] tty/powerpc: introduce the ePAPR embedded hypervisor byte channel driver
On Thu, 19 May 2011 11:05:49 -0500
Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com> wrote:

> Alan Cox wrote:
> >> > + /* Pass the received data to the tty layer. Note that this
> >> > + * function calls tty_buffer_request_room(), so I'm not sure if
> >> > + * we should have also called tty_buffer_request_room().
> >> > + */
> >> > + ret = tty_insert_flip_string(ttys, buffer, len);
>
> > You only need to request_room in advance if you can't handle the case
> > where the insert_flip_string returns less than you stuffed down it.
>
> If tty_insert_flip_string() returns less than I stuffed down it, the characters
> it didn't accept will be dropped. That's because once I receive them, I have
> nowhere else to put them. I suppose I could implement a receive FIFO, but that
> seems overkill. If calling tty_buffer_request_room() ensures that
> tty_insert_flip_string() always accepts all the characters, I would rather do that.

I was answering the question in the comment in the code...



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