In serial8250_register_8250_port(), uart->overrun_backoff_time_ms was modified even when "uart" was not pointing to anything. Fixes: 6d7f677a2afa ("serial: 8250: Rate limit serial port rx interrupts during input overruns") Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c index 189ab1212d9a..ff826c974af8 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c @@ -1070,15 +1070,15 @@ int serial8250_register_8250_port(struct uart_8250_port *up) ret = 0; } - } - /* Initialise interrupt backoff work if required */ - if (up->overrun_backoff_time_ms > 0) { - uart->overrun_backoff_time_ms = up->overrun_backoff_time_ms; - INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&uart->overrun_backoff, - serial_8250_overrun_backoff_work); - } else { - uart->overrun_backoff_time_ms = 0; + /* Initialise interrupt backoff work if required */ + if (up->overrun_backoff_time_ms > 0) { + uart->overrun_backoff_time_ms = up->overrun_backoff_time_ms; + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&uart->overrun_backoff, + serial_8250_overrun_backoff_work); + } else { + uart->overrun_backoff_time_ms = 0; + } } mutex_unlock(&serial_mutex); -- 2.20.1