Seems to be done this way in other drivers (ch341, 8250, ...). And get tty reference only if dcd_change need to be called. Signed-off-by: Paul Chavent <paul.chavent@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c b/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c index e7a84f0..8b81188 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c @@ -854,15 +854,16 @@ static void pl2303_update_line_status(struct usb_serial_port *port, spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags); if (priv->line_status & UART_BREAK_ERROR) usb_serial_handle_break(port); - wake_up_interruptible(&port->port.delta_msr_wait); - tty = tty_port_tty_get(&port->port); - if (!tty) - return; - if ((priv->line_status ^ prev_line_status) & UART_DCD) - usb_serial_handle_dcd_change(port, tty, - priv->line_status & UART_DCD); - tty_kref_put(tty); + if ((priv->line_status ^ prev_line_status) & UART_DCD) { + tty = tty_port_tty_get(&port->port); + if (tty) + usb_serial_handle_dcd_change(port, tty, + priv->line_status & UART_DCD); + tty_kref_put(tty); + } + + wake_up_interruptible(&port->port.delta_msr_wait); } static void pl2303_read_int_callback(struct urb *urb) -- 1.7.12.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html