Request_irq() should be _after_ h/w programming, otherwise an interrupt could be triggered and in-progress before the h/w has been setup. Reported-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v4: - this patch has been added. Thanks to Peter for pointing it out and providing commit message --- drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c | 9 ++------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c index 6ffd3bbe3e18..1e9053656610 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c @@ -759,12 +759,7 @@ static void cdns_uart_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, static int cdns_uart_startup(struct uart_port *port) { unsigned long flags; - unsigned int retval = 0, status = 0; - - retval = request_irq(port->irq, cdns_uart_isr, 0, CDNS_UART_NAME, - (void *)port); - if (retval) - return retval; + unsigned int status = 0; spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); @@ -818,7 +813,7 @@ static int cdns_uart_startup(struct uart_port *port) spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); - return retval; + return request_irq(port->irq, cdns_uart_isr, 0, CDNS_UART_NAME, port); } /** -- 2.6.3.3.g9bb996a -- 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