There is no need to check port for NULL in uart_port_deref() since we call it only when port is defined. There are couple of places that violate this. Fix them here as well. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c index 29e5f70..dd36b57 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static inline struct uart_port *uart_port_ref(struct uart_state *state) static inline void uart_port_deref(struct uart_port *uport) { - if (uport && atomic_dec_and_test(&uport->state->refcount)) + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&uport->state->refcount)) wake_up(&uport->state->remove_wait); } @@ -1530,7 +1530,10 @@ static void uart_wait_until_sent(struct tty_struct *tty, int timeout) unsigned long char_time, expire; port = uart_port_ref(state); - if (!port || port->type == PORT_UNKNOWN || port->fifosize == 0) { + if (!port) + return; + + if (port->type == PORT_UNKNOWN || port->fifosize == 0) { uart_port_deref(port); return; } @@ -2380,9 +2383,10 @@ static int uart_poll_get_char(struct tty_driver *driver, int line) if (state) { port = uart_port_ref(state); - if (port) + if (port) { ret = port->ops->poll_get_char(port); - uart_port_deref(port); + uart_port_deref(port); + } } return ret; } -- 2.9.3 -- 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