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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/mxser_new.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c b/drivers/char/mxser_new.c
index 9af07e4999d5..59e0aac19c2f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mxser_new.c
@@ -2230,7 +2230,14 @@ end_intr:
port->mon_data.rxcnt += cnt;
port->mon_data.up_rxcnt += cnt;
+ /*
+ * We are called from an interrupt context with &port->slock
+ * being held. Drop it temporarily in order to prevent
+ * recursive locking.
+ */
+ spin_unlock(&port->slock);
tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
+ spin_lock(&port->slock);
}
static void mxser_transmit_chars(struct mxser_port *port)