Re: [PATCH v2 01/15] serial: sc16is7xx: remove useless enable of enhanced features

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Oct 02 2025 - 11:44:07 EST


On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 10:57:24AM -0400, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Commit 43c51bb573aa ("sc16is7xx: make sure device is in suspend once
> probed") permanently enabled access to the enhanced features in
> sc16is7xx_probe(), and it is never disabled after that.
>
> Therefore, remove useless re-enable of enhanced features in
> sc16is7xx_set_baud().
>
> Fixes: 43c51bb573aa ("sc16is7xx: make sure device is in suspend once probed")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c | 7 -------
> 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
> index 1a2c4c14f6aac..c7435595dce13 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
> @@ -588,13 +588,6 @@ static int sc16is7xx_set_baud(struct uart_port *port, int baud)
> div /= prescaler;
> }
>
> - /* Enable enhanced features */
> - sc16is7xx_efr_lock(port);
> - sc16is7xx_port_update(port, SC16IS7XX_EFR_REG,
> - SC16IS7XX_EFR_ENABLE_BIT,
> - SC16IS7XX_EFR_ENABLE_BIT);
> - sc16is7xx_efr_unlock(port);
> -
> /* If bit MCR_CLKSEL is set, the divide by 4 prescaler is activated. */
> sc16is7xx_port_update(port, SC16IS7XX_MCR_REG,
> SC16IS7XX_MCR_CLKSEL_BIT,
> --
> 2.39.5
>
>

Why is this needed for stable kernels? It's useless, what is it
harming?

If so, please send it separately, not as a part of a larger series.

thanks,

greg k-h