[PATCH] (*revised*) Fix IXANY and restart after signal (e.g. ctrl-C)in n_tty line discipline

From: Joe Peterson
Date: Thu Jan 17 2008 - 18:43:30 EST


Here is a revised version of my patch, currently in the -mm kernel as
"fix-ixany-and-restart-after-signal-eg-ctrl-c-in-n_tty-line-discipline".
It fixes a couple of issues with ttys in the stopped state. See patch
below for more details.

This patch should *replace* the old version of the patch. It is
cleaner, and its behavior better matches that of other Unix platforms.
It also avoids needless/redundant calls to start_tty() when ctrl-S or
ctrl-Q are hit.

-Joe
Fix two N_TTY line discipline issues related to resuming a stopped TTY
(typically done with ctrl-S):

1) Fix handling of character that resumes a stopped TTY (with IXANY)

With "stty ixany", the TTY line discipline would lose the first character
after the stop, so typing, for example, "hi^Sthere" resulted in "hihere"
(the 't' would cause the resume after ^S, but it would then be thrown away
rather than processed as an input character). This was inconsistent with
the behavior of other Unix systems.

2) Fix interrupt signal (e.g. ctrl-C) behavior in stopped TTYs

With "stty -ixany" (often the default), interrupt signals were ignored
in a stopped TTY until the TTY was resumed with the start char (typically
ctrl-Q), which was inconsistent with the behavior of other Unix systems.

Signed-off-by: Joe Peterson <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---

diff -puN drivers/char/n_tty.c~fix-ixany-and-restart-after-signal-eg-ctrl-c-in-n_tty-line-discipline drivers/char/n_tty.c
--- a/drivers/char/n_tty.c~fix-ixany-and-restart-after-signal-eg-ctrl-c-in-n_tty-line-discipline 2007-12-20 11:35:05.000000000 -0700
+++ a/drivers/char/n_tty.c 2007-12-20 11:35:36.000000000 -0700
@@ -695,17 +695,16 @@
return;
}

- if (tty->stopped && !tty->flow_stopped &&
- I_IXON(tty) && I_IXANY(tty)) {
- start_tty(tty);
- return;
- }
-
if (I_ISTRIP(tty))
c &= 0x7f;
if (I_IUCLC(tty) && L_IEXTEN(tty))
c=tolower(c);

+ if (tty->stopped && !tty->flow_stopped && I_IXON(tty) &&
+ ((I_IXANY(tty) && c != START_CHAR(tty) && c != STOP_CHAR(tty)) ||
+ c == INTR_CHAR(tty) || c == QUIT_CHAR(tty)))
+ start_tty(tty);
+
if (tty->closing) {
if (I_IXON(tty)) {
if (c == START_CHAR(tty))