The uart_handle_cts_change() function in serial_core expects the caller to hold uport->lock. For example, I have seen the below kernel splat, when the Bluetooth driver is loaded on an i.MX28 board. [ 85.119255] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 85.124413] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 27 at /drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:3453 uart_handle_cts_change+0xb4/0xec [ 85.134694] Modules linked in: hci_uart bluetooth ecdh_generic ecc wlcore_sdio configfs [ 85.143314] CPU: 0 PID: 27 Comm: kworker/u3:0 Not tainted 6.6.3-00021-gd62a2f068f92 #1 [ 85.151396] Hardware name: Freescale MXS (Device Tree) [ 85.156679] Workqueue: hci0 hci_power_on [bluetooth] (...) [ 85.191765] uart_handle_cts_change from mxs_auart_irq_handle+0x380/0x3f4 [ 85.198787] mxs_auart_irq_handle from __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x88/0x210 (...) Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v6.1+ Fixes: 4d90bb147ef6 ("serial: core: Document and assert lock requirements for irq helpers") Signed-off-by: Emil Kronborg <emil.kronborg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: - Add more of the stack trace to show why the lock is necessary. Note that i removed some unrelated noise for unwinding, showing and dumping the stack trace. - Add Fixes tag. Note that this commit do not fix 4d90bb147ef6 ("serial: core: Document and assert lock requirements for irq helpers") as such, but it was the closest commit I could find that makes sense. - Cc stable. Commit b0af4bcb4946 ("serial: core: Provide port lock wrappers") is a prerequisite. Therefore, v6.1+. drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c index 4749331fe618..1e8853eae504 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c @@ -1086,11 +1086,13 @@ static void mxs_auart_set_ldisc(struct uart_port *port, static irqreturn_t mxs_auart_irq_handle(int irq, void *context) { - u32 istat; + u32 istat, stat; struct mxs_auart_port *s = context; u32 mctrl_temp = s->mctrl_prev; - u32 stat = mxs_read(s, REG_STAT); + uart_port_lock(&s->port); + + stat = mxs_read(s, REG_STAT); istat = mxs_read(s, REG_INTR); /* ack irq */ @@ -1126,6 +1128,8 @@ static irqreturn_t mxs_auart_irq_handle(int irq, void *context) istat &= ~AUART_INTR_TXIS; } + uart_port_unlock(&s->port); + return IRQ_HANDLED; } -- 2.44.0