Merge branch 'linus' into timers/core

Reason: Martin's timekeeping cleanup series depends on both
timers/core and mainline changes.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/char/tty_buffer.c
index 810ee25d66a4..3108991c5c8b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_buffer.c
@@ -462,6 +462,19 @@ static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
 }
 
 /**
+ *	tty_flush_to_ldisc
+ *	@tty: tty to push
+ *
+ *	Push the terminal flip buffers to the line discipline.
+ *
+ *	Must not be called from IRQ context.
+ */
+void tty_flush_to_ldisc(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+	flush_to_ldisc(&tty->buf.work.work);
+}
+
+/**
  *	tty_flip_buffer_push	-	terminal
  *	@tty: tty to push
  *