Re: [PATCH] tty: serdev: serdev-ttyport: set correct tty->dev for serdev framework

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 03:21:43PM +0800, Sherry Sun wrote:
> ttyport_open() calls tty_init_dev() to initialize a tty device, but
> tty_get_device() cannot get the correct tty->dev for serdev tty in
> alloc_tty_struct(), because serdev framework does not set tty_class, so
> class_find_device_by_devt(tty_class, devt) may always return NULL.
> 
> For serdev framework, we need to assign the correct ctrl->dev to
> tty->dev.
> 
> Fixes: bed35c6dfa6a ("serdev: add a tty port controller driver")
> Signed-off-by: Sherry Sun <sherry.sun@nxp.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
> index d367803e2044..bba37ab90215 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
> @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ static int ttyport_open(struct serdev_controller *ctrl)
>  	tty = tty_init_dev(serport->tty_drv, serport->tty_idx);
>  	if (IS_ERR(tty))
>  		return PTR_ERR(tty);
> +	tty->dev = &ctrl->dev;

What in-kernel driver needs this change?  How has it not been a problem
so far?

And why are you saving off a reference counted pointer without
incrementing the reference to the pointer?

thanks,

greg k-h