serial_core might call the .start_tx callback without any data being available to send. In this case return early instead of going through all the setup needed for sending which might include disabling RX in RS485 half-duplex mode. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/imx.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c index ee39d776bd45..95fdc639bc0c 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c @@ -651,6 +651,9 @@ static void imx_start_tx(struct uart_port *port) struct imx_port *sport = (struct imx_port *)port; u32 ucr1; + if (!sport->port.x_char && uart_circ_empty(&port->state->xmit)) + return; + if (port->rs485.flags & SER_RS485_ENABLED) { u32 ucr2; -- 2.16.1 -- 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