Re: [PATCH 2/3] serial: 8250: move rx_running out of the bitfield

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On 07/30/2015 06:54 PM, John Ogness wrote:
> That bitfield is modified by read + or + write operation. If someone
> sets any of the other two bits it might render the lock useless.

Good catch.
Let's just make all of the fields not bitfield though.

Regards,
Peter Hurley

> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h
> index c43f74c..78f5e3a 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct uart_8250_dma {
>  
>  	unsigned char		tx_running:1;
>  	unsigned char		tx_err: 1;
> -	unsigned char		rx_running:1;
> +	unsigned char		rx_running;
>  };
>  
>  struct old_serial_port {
> 

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