linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] serial: 8250: document doubled "type == PORT_8250

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Message-ID: <20250623074606.456532-5-jirislaby@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:46:05 +0200
From: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc: linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	"Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] serial: 8250: document doubled "type == PORT_8250_CIR" check

The check for "port.type == PORT_8250_CIR" is present twice in
serial8250_register_8250_port(). The latter was already tried to be
dropped by 1104321a7b3b ("serial: Delete dead code for CIR serial
ports") and then reverted by 9527b82ae3af ("Revert "serial: Delete dead
code for CIR serial ports"").

Document this weirdness with a reason.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc: Maciej S. Szmigiero <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aFcDOx1bdB34I5hS@surfacebook.localdomain/
---
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
index a6ecb8575da4..feb920c5b2e8 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ int serial8250_register_8250_port(const struct uart_8250_port *up)
 		nr_uarts++;
 	}
 
+	/* Check if it is CIR already. We check this below again, see there why. */
 	if (uart->port.type == PORT_8250_CIR) {
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto unlock;
@@ -815,6 +816,7 @@ int serial8250_register_8250_port(const struct uart_8250_port *up)
 	if (up->dl_write)
 		uart->dl_write = up->dl_write;
 
+	/* Check the type (again)! It might have changed by the port.type assignment above. */
 	if (uart->port.type != PORT_8250_CIR) {
 		if (uart_console_registered(&uart->port))
 			pm_runtime_get_sync(uart->port.dev);
-- 
2.49.0