On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 19:14:45, Alan Cox wrote: > > +static int serial8250_cpufreq_transition(struct notifier_block *nb, > > + unsigned long val, void *data) > > +{ > > + struct uart_8250_port *p; > > + struct uart_port *uport; > > + > > + p = container_of(nb, struct uart_8250_port, freq_transition); > > + uport = &p->port; > > + > > + if (IS_ERR(p->clk)) > > + goto cpu_freq_exit; > > + > > + if (p->port.uartclk == clk_get_rate(p->clk)) > > + goto cpu_freq_exit; > > + > > + p->port.uartclk = clk_get_rate(p->clk); > > + if (val == CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE) { > > + struct ktermios *termios; > > + struct tty_struct *tty; > > + if (uport->state == NULL) > > + goto cpu_freq_exit; > > + > > + tty = uport->state->port.tty; > > Need locking on port->tty. > > > + if (tty == NULL) > > + goto cpu_freq_exit; > > + > > Need locking on tty->termios > > I'd say this is also probably at the wrong level - why not do it at the > uart_port level instead (ie move the code you have into serial_core using > uart_port) - you've made it all nicely generic already. > > Alan > Thank you for the review comments. I will submit an updated version of patch soon. Regards, Chaithrika -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html