[PATCH] serial: xilinx_uartps: fix rs485 initialization at boot
Sean Anderson
sean.anderson at linux.dev
Tue Dec 16 07:44:34 PST 2025
On 12/16/25 10:26, j.turek wrote:
> When 'linux,rs485-enabled-at-boot-time;' property is enabled in device-tree
> and there is no rts-gpio defined there is NULL pointer dereference in
> function 'cdns_rts_gpio_enable' because 'cdns_uart->port->membase' pointer
> is not set at this point
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Turek <jakub.turek at elsta.tech>
>
> Fixes: fccc9d9233f9 ("tty: serial: uartps: Add rs485 support to uartps driver")
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> index c793fc74c26b..1e4d54fd5762 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> @@ -1816,8 +1816,6 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> console_port = port;
> }
> #endif
> - if (cdns_uart_data->port->rs485.flags & SER_RS485_ENABLED)
> - cdns_rs485_rx_setup(cdns_uart_data);
>
> rc = uart_add_one_port(&cdns_uart_uart_driver, port);
> if (rc) {
> @@ -1826,6 +1824,9 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> goto err_out_pm_disable;
> }
>
> + if (cdns_uart_data->port->rs485.flags & SER_RS485_ENABLED)
> + cdns_rs485_rx_setup(cdns_uart_data);
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_XILINX_PS_UART_CONSOLE
> /* This is not port which is used for console that's why clean it up */
> if (console_port == port &&
Is probe the right place to do this configuration? Maybe
cdns_rs485_rx_setup should get moved to cdns_rs485_config.
--Sean
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