[PATCH v1 3/7] serial: imx: do not sysrq broken chars

Sergey Organov sorganov at gmail.com
Mon Jan 23 08:34:46 PST 2023


Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen at linux.intel.com> writes:

> On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Sergey Organov wrote:
>
>> Hi Stefan,
>> 
>> Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren at i2se.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Hi Sergey,
>> >
>> > Am 21.01.23 um 16:36 schrieb Sergey Organov:
>> >> Do not call uart_handle_sysrq_char() if we got any receive error
>> >> along with the character, as we don't want random junk to be
>> >> considered a sysrq.
>> >> Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <sorganov at gmail.com>
>> >
>> > this looks like a bugfix to me. Since the relevant code is pretty old,
>> > i'm not sure about the fixes tag here:
>> >
>> > Fixes: 279a9acc9b72 ("2.6.11 import") ?
>> 
>> Dunno. I've checked a few drivers, and it seems that they don't care
>> either, e.g., look at atmel_serial.c, or mpc52xx_uart.c.
>> 
>> Either it doesn't matter, or a few drivers need similar fix? What's
>> going on here, I wonder?
>
> Usually when one finds a bug from one of the drivers, the other drivers 
> indeed turn out to have the same/similar bug(s).  It's not something 
> uncommon.

Yep, it looks like deriving from the same template, with the same issue.

>
> So just fix them all, it's very much appreciated. :-) I understand it 
> might not be possible to test all such fixes on those other HWs but 
> usually such bugs are simple enough to fix that it isn't be a big problem.

I'm not even sure this is really a bug, as nobody seems to confirm it
with authority yet.

Thanks,
-- Sergey Organov



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