1 files changed, 4 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 1f03ebf165d9..8d19f7281f0b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ static struct tty_buffer *tty_buffer_alloc(size_t size)
         p->used = 0;
         p->size = size;
         p->next = NULL;
-        p->active = 0;
         p->commit = 0;
         p->read = 0;
         p->char_buf_ptr = (char *)(p->data);
@@ -327,10 +326,9 @@ int tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_struct *tty, size_t size)
         /* OPTIMISATION: We could keep a per tty "zero" sized buffer to
            remove this conditional if its worth it. This would be invisible
            to the callers */
-        if ((b = tty->buf.tail) != NULL) {
+        if ((b = tty->buf.tail) != NULL)
                 left = b->size - b->used;
-                b->active = 1;
-        } else
+        else
                 left = 0;
 
         if (left < size) {
@@ -338,12 +336,10 @@ int tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_struct *tty, size_t size)
                 if ((n = tty_buffer_find(tty, size)) != NULL) {
                         if (b != NULL) {
                                 b->next = n;
-                                b->active = 0;
                                 b->commit = b->used;
                         } else
                                 tty->buf.head = n;
                         tty->buf.tail = n;
-                        n->active = 1;
                 } else
                         size = left;
         }
@@ -404,10 +400,8 @@ void tty_schedule_flip(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
         spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
-        if (tty->buf.tail != NULL) {
-                tty->buf.tail->active = 0;
+        if (tty->buf.tail != NULL)
                 tty->buf.tail->commit = tty->buf.tail->used;
-        }
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
         schedule_delayed_work(&tty->buf.work, 1);
 }
@@ -2902,10 +2896,8 @@ void tty_flip_buffer_push(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
         spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
-        if (tty->buf.tail != NULL) {
-                tty->buf.tail->active = 0;
+        if (tty->buf.tail != NULL)
                 tty->buf.tail->commit = tty->buf.tail->used;
-        }
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
 
         if (tty->low_latency)