Although originally conceived as a hook for port drivers to know when a port reference is dropped, no driver uses this method.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <[email protected]> --- drivers/tty/tty_port.c | 6 +----- include/linux/tty.h | 1 - 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c index f597e88..9857f7e 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c @@ -480,8 +480,6 @@ int tty_port_close_start(struct tty_port *port, if (port->count) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); - if (port->ops->drop) - port->ops->drop(port); return 0; } set_bit(ASYNCB_CLOSING, &port->flags); @@ -500,9 +498,7 @@ int tty_port_close_start(struct tty_port *port, /* Flush the ldisc buffering */ tty_ldisc_flush(tty); - /* Don't call port->drop for the last reference. Callers will want - to drop the last active reference in ->shutdown() or the tty - shutdown path */ + /* Report to caller this is the last port reference */ return 1; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_port_close_start); diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h index 64f8646..2f47989 100644 --- a/include/linux/tty.h +++ b/include/linux/tty.h @@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ struct tty_port_operations { IFF the port was initialized. Do not use to free resources. Called under the port mutex to serialize against activate/shutdowns */ void (*shutdown)(struct tty_port *port); - void (*drop)(struct tty_port *port); /* Called under the port mutex from tty_port_open, serialized using the port mutex */ /* FIXME: long term getting the tty argument *out* of this would be -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
