poll_wait(filp, &tty->write_wait, wait);
 
                /* set bits for operations that won't block */
-               if(n_hdlc->rx_buf_list.head)
+               if (n_hdlc->rx_buf_list.head)
                        mask |= POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;    /* readable */
                if (test_bit(TTY_OTHER_CLOSED, &tty->flags))
                        mask |= POLLHUP;
-               if(tty_hung_up_p(filp))
+               if (tty_hung_up_p(filp))
                        mask |= POLLHUP;
-               if(n_hdlc->tx_free_buf_list.head)
+               if (!tty_is_writelocked(tty) &&
+                               n_hdlc->tx_free_buf_list.head)
                        mask |= POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM;   /* writable */
        }
        return mask;
        spin_lock_irqsave(&list->spinlock,flags);
        
        buf->link=NULL;
-       if(list->tail)
+       if (list->tail)
                list->tail->link = buf;
        else
                list->head = buf;
 
                else
                        tty->minimum_to_wake = 1;
        }
-       if (tty->driver->chars_in_buffer(tty) < WAKEUP_CHARS &&
+       if (!tty_is_writelocked(tty) &&
+                       tty->driver->chars_in_buffer(tty) < WAKEUP_CHARS &&
                        tty->driver->write_room(tty) > 0)
                mask |= POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM;
        return mask;
 
        return i;
 }
 
+void tty_write_unlock(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+       mutex_unlock(&tty->atomic_write_lock);
+       wake_up_interruptible(&tty->write_wait);
+}
+
+int tty_write_lock(struct tty_struct *tty, int ndelay)
+{
+       if (!mutex_trylock(&tty->atomic_write_lock)) {
+               if (ndelay)
+                       return -EAGAIN;
+               if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&tty->atomic_write_lock))
+                       return -ERESTARTSYS;
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Split writes up in sane blocksizes to avoid
  * denial-of-service type attacks
        const char __user *buf,
        size_t count)
 {
-       ssize_t ret = 0, written = 0;
+       ssize_t ret, written = 0;
        unsigned int chunk;
        
-       /* FIXME: O_NDELAY ... */
-       if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&tty->atomic_write_lock)) {
-               return -ERESTARTSYS;
-       }
+       ret = tty_write_lock(tty, file->f_flags & O_NDELAY);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
 
        /*
         * We chunk up writes into a temporary buffer. This
 
                buf = kmalloc(chunk, GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!buf) {
-                       mutex_unlock(&tty->atomic_write_lock);
-                       return -ENOMEM;
+                       ret = -ENOMEM;
+                       goto out;
                }
                kfree(tty->write_buf);
                tty->write_cnt = chunk;
                inode->i_mtime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
                ret = written;
        }
-       mutex_unlock(&tty->atomic_write_lock);
+out:
+       tty_write_unlock(tty);
        return ret;
 }
 
 
 static int send_break(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int duration)
 {
-       if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&tty->atomic_write_lock))
+       if (tty_write_lock(tty, 0) < 0)
                return -EINTR;
        tty->driver->break_ctl(tty, -1);
-       if (!signal_pending(current)) {
+       if (!signal_pending(current))
                msleep_interruptible(duration);
-       }
        tty->driver->break_ctl(tty, 0);
-       mutex_unlock(&tty->atomic_write_lock);
+       tty_write_unlock(tty);
        if (signal_pending(current))
                return -EINTR;
        return 0;
 
 
 extern struct mutex tty_mutex;
 
+extern void tty_write_unlock(struct tty_struct *tty);
+extern int tty_write_lock(struct tty_struct *tty, int ndelay);
+#define tty_is_writelocked(tty)  (mutex_is_locked(&tty->atomic_write_lock))
+
+
+
 /* n_tty.c */
 extern struct tty_ldisc tty_ldisc_N_TTY;