Re: [PATCH RFC] tty, serial, 8250: remove __init from function serial8250_console_setup()
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2014-11-25 17:56:32
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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2014-11-25 17:56:32
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 07:00:56PM +0100, Arianna Avanzini wrote:
Some RS232 adapters handled by this driver are hotpluggable. The function serial8250_console_setup() is called during device init and is defined with the __init macro. In case the driver is built-in, hotplugging the device after the initialization phase has been completed (and the related memory has been freed) results in a kernel crash. This commit fixes the issue by removing __init from the function definition. Signed-off-by: Arianna Avanzini <redacted> --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c index ca5cfdc..ca8108d 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c@@ -3237,7 +3237,7 @@ serial8250_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s, unsigned int count) serial8250_rpm_put(up); } -static int __init serial8250_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options) +static int serial8250_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options) { struct uart_port *port; int baud = 9600;-- 2.1.3
I don't apply "RFC" patches as it implies you don't even know if this works or not.