Commit 932d596378b0 ("serial: 8250: Return early in .start_tx() if there are no chars to send") caused a regression where the drivers implementing runtime PM stopped idling. This is because serial8250_rpm_put_tx() is now unbalanced on early return, it normally gets called at __stop_tx(). Fixes: 932d596378b0 ("serial: 8250: Return early in .start_tx() if there are no chars to send") Cc: Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes since v1: - Call serial8250_rpm_get_tx() only after buffer empty test as suggested by Uwe and Johan - Drop RS885 related patch for now, it needs to be investigated further --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c @@ -1675,11 +1675,11 @@ static void serial8250_start_tx(struct uart_port *port) struct uart_8250_port *up = up_to_u8250p(port); struct uart_8250_em485 *em485 = up->em485; - serial8250_rpm_get_tx(up); - if (!port->x_char && uart_circ_empty(&port->state->xmit)) return; + serial8250_rpm_get_tx(up); + if (em485 && em485->active_timer == &em485->start_tx_timer) return; -- 2.35.1