Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: qcom_geni: don't ida_free() the console port line

From: Konrad Dybcio

Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 04:22:18 EST


On 9/4/26 10:02 AM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 9/4/26 9:09 AM, Neil Armstrong wrote:
>> The console port (qcom_geni_console_port) is a static instance whose
>> uport.line is hardcoded to 0 and is never allocated from port_ida.
>> Only the non-console path in get_port_from_line() calls ida_alloc_range().
>>
>> Fix the qcom_geni_serial_remove() and the matching probe() error path
>> so unbinding the console device doesn't hit:
>>
>> WARNING: ida_free called for id=0 which is not allocated
>> <snip>
>> qcom_geni_serial_remove+0x58/0x80
>>
>> Fixes: a53be6945f51 ("serial: qcom-geni: Remove alias dependency from qcom serial driver")
>> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
>
>> drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c | 6 ++++--
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c
>> index 3633723acef8..bdbdfd7dfaac 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c
>> @@ -1979,7 +1979,8 @@ static int qcom_geni_serial_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> port->wakeup_irq);
>> if (ret) {
>> device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, false);
>> - ida_free(&port_ida, uport->line);
>> + if (!uart_console(uport))
>> + ida_free(&port_ida, uport->line);
>
> GPT points out this will always return false before uart_add_one_port()
> is called

You can use if (data->console) instead

Konrad