The flags field of struct uart_port can only be safely modified if the port mutex is held; no other lock prevents concurrent changes from corrupting the field. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/serial_core.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/include/linux/serial_core.h b/include/linux/serial_core.h index 5bbb809..4a43292 100644 --- a/include/linux/serial_core.h +++ b/include/linux/serial_core.h @@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ struct uart_port { unsigned long sysrq; /* sysrq timeout */ #endif + /* flags must be updated while holding port mutex */ upf_t flags; #define UPF_FOURPORT ((__force upf_t) (1 << 1)) -- 2.1.0 -- 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