The port->console flag is always false, as uart_console() is called before the serial console has been registered. Hence for a serial port used as the console, uart_tty_port_shutdown() will still be called when userspace closes the port, powering it down. This will lead to a system lock up when the serial console driver writes to the serial port's registers. To fix this, move the setting of port->console after the call to uart_configure_port(), which registers the serial console. Fixes: 761ed4a94582ab29 ("tty: serial_core: convert uart_close to use tty_port_close") Reported-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Takeshi Kihara <takeshi.kihara.df@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> --- RFC because of the comment "If this port is a console, then the spinlock is already initialised", and the pre-existing code calling uart_console() before uart_configure_port(). Can be reproduced on Renesas boards: 1. With systemd: hangs during boot, 2. Without systemd: "telinit n" to switch to a runlevel that doesn't run a getty on ttySC0, and trigger kernel output. --- drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c index 6e4f63627479db8d..ce8899c13af3d97f 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c @@ -2746,8 +2746,6 @@ int uart_add_one_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *uport) uport->cons = drv->cons; uport->minor = drv->tty_driver->minor_start + uport->line; - port->console = uart_console(uport); - /* * If this port is a console, then the spinlock is already * initialised. @@ -2761,6 +2759,8 @@ int uart_add_one_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *uport) uart_configure_port(drv, state, uport); + port->console = uart_console(uport); + num_groups = 2; if (uport->attr_group) num_groups++; -- 1.9.1