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serial: core: Document lock requirement for UPF_* flags updates

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The flags field of struct uart_port can only be safely modified
if the port mutex is held; no other lock prevents concurrent
changes from corrupting the field.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Peter Hurley
2014-09-02 17:39:19 -04:00
committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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commit 8a949b07e4
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@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ struct uart_port {
unsigned long sysrq; /* sysrq timeout */
#endif
/* flags must be updated while holding port mutex */
upf_t flags;
#define UPF_FOURPORT ((__force upf_t) (1 << 1))