Do not probe all serial drivers by of_serial.c which are using device_type = "serial"; property. Only drivers which have valid compatible strings listed in the driver should be probed. When PORT_UNKNOWN probe will fail anyway. Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/of_serial.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/of_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/of_serial.c index 33fb94f78967..0a52c8b55a5f 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/of_serial.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/of_serial.c @@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ static struct of_device_id of_platform_serial_table[] = { { .compatible = "ibm,qpace-nwp-serial", .data = (void *)PORT_NWPSERIAL, }, #endif - { .type = "serial", .data = (void *)PORT_UNKNOWN, }, { /* end of list */ }, }; -- 2.3.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html