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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-03-22 11:54:29 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-03-22 11:54:29 -0700
commitb2f45eeff221c8621b334f615efe4ecfbe85dbd8 (patch)
tree933307cbfd10224892e2502ffe422a5068c09d91
parentcedd5f659eb9b51a6869806aa123fb10f8f83d86 (diff)
parent7fd6f640f2dd17dac6ddd6702c378cb0bb9cfa11 (diff)
Merge tag 'tty-4.0-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty
Pull tty/serial driver fix from Greg KH: "Here's a single 8250 serial driver that fixes a reported deadlock with the serial console and the tty driver. It's been in linux-next for a while now" * tag 'tty-4.0-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: serial: 8250_dw: Fix deadlock in LCR workaround
-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
index 2ab229ddee38..6ae5b8560e4d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ static void dw8250_serial_out(struct uart_port *p, int offset, int value)
dw8250_force_idle(p);
writeb(value, p->membase + (UART_LCR << p->regshift));
}
- dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ /*
+ * FIXME: this deadlocks if port->lock is already held
+ * dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ */
}
}
@@ -163,7 +166,10 @@ static void dw8250_serial_outq(struct uart_port *p, int offset, int value)
__raw_writeq(value & 0xff,
p->membase + (UART_LCR << p->regshift));
}
- dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ /*
+ * FIXME: this deadlocks if port->lock is already held
+ * dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ */
}
}
#endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
@@ -187,7 +193,10 @@ static void dw8250_serial_out32(struct uart_port *p, int offset, int value)
dw8250_force_idle(p);
writel(value, p->membase + (UART_LCR << p->regshift));
}
- dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ /*
+ * FIXME: this deadlocks if port->lock is already held
+ * dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value);
+ */
}
}