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[ Upstream commit 93a770b7e16772530196674ffc79bb13fa927dc6 ] struct uart_port contains a cached copy of the Modem Control signals. It is used to skip register writes in uart_update_mctrl() if the new signal state equals the old signal state. It also avoids a register read to obtain the current state of output signals. When a uart_port is registered, uart_configure_port() changes signal state but neglects to keep the cached copy in sync. That may cause a subsequent register write to be incorrectly skipped. Fix it before it trips somebody up. This behavior has been present ever since the serial core was introduced in 2002: https://git.kernel.org/history/history/c/33c0d1b0c3eb So far it was never an issue because the cached copy is initialized to 0 by kzalloc() and when uart_configure_port() is executed, at most DTR has been set by uart_set_options() or sunsu_console_setup(). Therefore, a stable designation seems unnecessary. Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/bceeaba030b028ed810272d55d5fc6f3656ddddb.1641129752.git.lukas@wunner.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.