The key function of uart_add_one_port() is to cross-reference the UART driver's port structure with the serial core's state table; keep the assignments together and document this crucial association. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c index 676c03a..e04ae58 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c @@ -2594,11 +2594,12 @@ int uart_add_one_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *uport) goto out; } + /* Link the port to the driver state table and vice versa */ state->uart_port = uport; - state->pm_state = UART_PM_STATE_UNDEFINED; + uport->state = state; + state->pm_state = UART_PM_STATE_UNDEFINED; uport->cons = drv->cons; - uport->state = state; /* * If this port is a console, then the spinlock is already -- 2.1.1 -- 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
