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Message-ID: <2025040513-bronco-capsule-91aa@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 14:40:33 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Ryo Takakura <ryotkkr98@...il.com>
Cc: alex@...ti.fr, aou@...s.berkeley.edu, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
	conor.dooley@...rochip.com, jirislaby@...nel.org,
	john.ogness@...utronix.de, palmer@...belt.com,
	paul.walmsley@...ive.com, pmladek@...e.com,
	samuel.holland@...ive.com, u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: sifive: lock port in startup()/shutdown()
 callbacks

On Sat, Apr 05, 2025 at 10:24:58PM +0900, Ryo Takakura wrote:
> startup()/shutdown() callbacks access SIFIVE_SERIAL_IE_OFFS.
> The register is also accessed from write() callback.
> 
> If console were printing and startup()/shutdown() callback
> gets called, its access to the register could be overwritten.
> 
> Add port->lock to startup()/shutdown() callbacks to make sure
> their access to SIFIVE_SERIAL_IE_OFFS is synchronized against
> write() callback.
> 
> Fixes: 45c054d0815b ("tty: serial: add driver for the SiFive UART")
> Signed-off-by: Ryo Takakura <ryotkkr98@...il.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> ---
> 
> This patch used be part of a series for converting sifive driver to
> nbcon[0]. It's now sent seperatly as the rest of the series does not
> need be applied to the stable branch.

That means this is a v2 patch, and you should also send the other patch
as a v2 as well, right?

thanks,

greg k-h

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