The -rt patch triggers a lockdep warning for serial drivers if tty_flip_buffer_push() is called with uart_port->lock locked. This never shows up on UP kernels. Release the port lock before calling tty_flip_buffer_push() and reacquire it after the call. Similar stuff was already done for few other drivers in the past, like: commit 2389b272168ceec056ca1d8a870a97fa9c26e11a Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue May 29 21:53:50 2007 +0100 [ARM] 4417/1: Serial: Fix AMBA drivers locking Cc: David Brown <davidb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:ARM/QUALCOMM MSM...) Cc: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:ARM/QUALCOMM MSM...) Cc: Bryan Huntsman <bryanh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:ARM/QUALCOMM MSM...) Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c index 2c6cfb3..daa2837 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c @@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ static void handle_rx_dm(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int misr) count -= 4; } + spin_unlock(&port->lock); tty_flip_buffer_push(tport); + spin_lock(&port->lock); + if (misr & (UART_IMR_RXSTALE)) msm_write(port, UART_CR_CMD_RESET_STALE_INT, UART_CR); msm_write(port, 0xFFFFFF, UARTDM_DMRX); @@ -189,7 +192,9 @@ static void handle_rx(struct uart_port *port) tty_insert_flip_char(tport, c, flag); } + spin_unlock(&port->lock); tty_flip_buffer_push(tport); + spin_lock(&port->lock); } static void reset_dm_count(struct uart_port *port) -- 1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e -- 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