@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct hvc_struct {
spinlock_t lock;
int index;
struct tty_struct *tty;
- unsigned int count;
+ int count;
int do_wakeup;
char *outbuf;
int outbuf_size;
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ struct hvcs_struct {
unsigned int index;
struct tty_struct *tty;
- unsigned int open_count;
+ int open_count;
/*
* Used to tell the driver kernel_thread what operations need to take
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct hvsi_struct {
spinlock_t lock;
int index;
struct tty_struct *tty;
- unsigned int count;
+ int count;
uint8_t throttle_buf[128];
uint8_t outbuf[N_OUTBUF]; /* to implement write_room and chars_in_buffer */
/* inbuf is for packet reassembly. leave a little room for leftovers. */
Otherwise count < 0 will fail Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com> --- This was not tested. Is this how it should be fixed? the locations where the failures occur are in the functions hv*_close, on: vi drivers/char/hvcs.c +1251 vi drivers/char/hvsi.c +911 vi drivers/char/drivers/char/hvc_console.c +387