linux-kernel - Possible bug in 8250.c

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Message-ID: <26505.1313775887@sonic.net>
Date:	Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:44:47 -0700
From:	Ivica Mikec <mikeci@....org>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Possible bug in 8250.c

 Hi!

I noticed a problem in 8250.c. 

My board has only one UART port, and is 16550 compatible, so in function serial8250_interrupt I see that serial_in function is called twice. Second time, code "else if (end == NULL)" is executed and function return IRQ_NONE. This causes an entry in /proc/irq/spurious:

count 239
unhandled 1
last_unhandled 4294700846 ms

But this is not a spurious interrupt.

Regards.
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