From: Shubhrajyoti Datta <shubhrajyoti.datta@xxxxxxxxxx> Currently we are doing a read of the status register. Move the spinlock after that as the reads need not be spinlock protected. This patch prevents relaxing the cpu with spinlock held. Signed-off-by: Shubhrajyoti Datta <shubhrajyoti.datta@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v3: Update the description drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c index 75e1027..8850790 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c @@ -690,8 +690,6 @@ static void cdns_uart_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, unsigned long flags; unsigned int ctrl_reg, mode_reg; - spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); - /* Wait for the transmit FIFO to empty before making changes */ if (!(readl(port->membase + CDNS_UART_CR) & CDNS_UART_CR_TX_DIS)) { @@ -700,6 +698,7 @@ static void cdns_uart_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, cpu_relax(); } } + spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); /* Disable the TX and RX to set baud rate */ ctrl_reg = readl(port->membase + CDNS_UART_CR); -- 2.1.1