pic32_uart_startup() disables interrupts by local_irq_save(). But the function never enables them. The serial core only holds a mutex, so irqs are not restored. So how could this driver work? This irq handling was already present in the driver's initial commit 157b9394709ed (serial: pic32_uart: Add PIC32 UART driver). So is it a candidate for removal? Anyone has a contact to the author: Andrei Pistirica (I believe the one below -- @microchip.com -- will bounce)? Or to someone else @microchip.com? Cc: Andrei Pistirica <andrei.pistirica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c index c5584628f8c4..b399aac530fe 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c @@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ static int pic32_uart_startup(struct uart_port *port) /* enable all interrupts and eanable uart */ pic32_uart_en_and_unmask(port); + local_irq_restore(flags); + enable_irq(sport->irq_rx); return 0; -- 2.36.0