From: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> That bitfield is modified by read + or + write operation. If someone sets any of the other two bits it might render the lock useless. While at it, remove other bitfields as well to avoid more such errors. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h index c43f74c53cd9..a407757dcecc 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h @@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ struct uart_8250_dma { size_t rx_size; size_t tx_size; - unsigned char tx_running:1; - unsigned char tx_err: 1; - unsigned char rx_running:1; + unsigned char tx_running; + unsigned char tx_err; + unsigned char rx_running; }; struct old_serial_port { -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html