This is from tty_reopen: struct tty_driver *driver = tty->driver; ... tty->driver = driver; and it doesn't make sense at all. The driver is intended to be set in initialize_tty_struct from tty_init_dev (initial open). So this set in tty_reopen is not needed. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c index d0d3d1f..dd8a938 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c @@ -1348,7 +1348,6 @@ static int tty_reopen(struct tty_struct *tty) tty->link->count++; } tty->count++; - tty->driver = driver; /* N.B. why do this every time?? */ mutex_lock(&tty->ldisc_mutex); WARN_ON(!test_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty->flags)); -- 1.7.9.2 -- 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