On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 04:30:04PM +0200, Tudor Ambarus wrote: > dma_cookie_t < 0 indicates an error code, check for it. Very odd changelog text, please be more descriptive about what is happening here. > > Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c > index 2c99a47a2535..376f7a9c2868 100644 > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c > @@ -1004,6 +1004,11 @@ static void atmel_tx_dma(struct uart_port *port) > desc->callback = atmel_complete_tx_dma; > desc->callback_param = atmel_port; > atmel_port->cookie_tx = dmaengine_submit(desc); > + if (dma_submit_error(atmel_port->cookie_tx)) { > + dev_err(port->dev, "dma_submit_error %d\n", > + atmel_port->cookie_tx); > + return; What can a user do with this error message? Have you seen this happen in real life? What commit does this "fix"? thanks, greg k-h