linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 1/1] serial: core: Start managing serial controllers to enable runtime PM

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Message-ID: <20230601104431.GX14287@atomide.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2023 13:44:31 +0300
From:   Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:     Steven Price <steven.price@....com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>,
        Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>,
        Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 1/1] serial: core: Start managing serial controllers
 to enable runtime PM

Hi,

* Steven Price <steven.price@....com> [230601 10:04]:
> I haven't studied this change in detail, but I assume the bug is that
> serial_base_port_device_remove() shouldn't be dropping port_mutex. The
> below hack gets my board booting again.

You're right. I wonder how I managed to miss that.. Care to post a proper
fix for this or do you want me to post it?

> Thanks,
> 
> Steve
> 
> Hack fix:
> ----8<----
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
> index 29bd5ede0b25..044e4853341a 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
> @@ -3234,8 +3234,7 @@ static void serial_core_remove_one_port(struct uart_driver *drv,
>         wait_event(state->remove_wait, !atomic_read(&state->refcount));
>         state->uart_port = NULL;
>         mutex_unlock(&port->mutex);
> -out:
> -       mutex_unlock(&port_mutex);
> +out:;
>  }

Seems you can remove out here and just do a return earlier instead of goto.

Regards,

Tony