On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:18:57AM +0000, Jon Medhurst wrote: > When a UART that is being used for a kernel console is also opened > by user-side, e.g. for use as a terminal, then there are race conditions > which can lead to terminal input being disabled and console output being > corrupted. This small patch series fixes these. > > Jon Medhurst (3): > serial: amba-pl011: use port lock to guard control register access > serial: amba-pl011: factor out code for writing LCR_H register > serial: amba-pl011: preseserve hardware settings during initialisation Given that this seems relatively easy to trigger when you know how and renders the device non-functional perhaps this should be considered for stable too?
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