From: Kirill Tkhai <tkhai@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:51:23 +0400 > This should be fixed like that's done for 8250 > [patch drivers-serial-cleanup-locking-for-rt.patch] Like the patch below? Is this transformation legitimate outside of the -rt tree? I wish the commit messages for the 8250 change was more verbose, explaining exactly why this is needed. And if it's needed, all the sparc serial/console drivers need this too. diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sunhv.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sunhv.c index cf86e72..dc697ce 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/sunhv.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sunhv.c @@ -433,13 +433,10 @@ static void sunhv_console_write_paged(struct console *con, const char *s, unsign unsigned long flags; int locked = 1; - local_irq_save(flags); - if (port->sysrq) { - locked = 0; - } else if (oops_in_progress) { - locked = spin_trylock(&port->lock); - } else - spin_lock(&port->lock); + if (port->sysrq || oops_in_progress) + locked = spin_trylock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); + else + spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); while (n > 0) { unsigned long ra = __pa(con_write_page); @@ -470,8 +467,7 @@ static void sunhv_console_write_paged(struct console *con, const char *s, unsign } if (locked) - spin_unlock(&port->lock); - local_irq_restore(flags); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); } static inline void sunhv_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, char c) @@ -492,7 +488,10 @@ static void sunhv_console_write_bychar(struct console *con, const char *s, unsig unsigned long flags; int i, locked = 1; - local_irq_save(flags); + if (port->sysrq || oops_in_progress) + locked = spin_trylock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); + else + spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); if (port->sysrq) { locked = 0; } else if (oops_in_progress) { @@ -507,8 +506,7 @@ static void sunhv_console_write_bychar(struct console *con, const char *s, unsig } if (locked) - spin_unlock(&port->lock); - local_irq_restore(flags); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); } static struct console sunhv_console = { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html