Re: [PATCH] serial: altera_jtaguart: handle uart_add_one_port() failures
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 11:23:20 EST
On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 03:44:57PM +0900, Myeonghun Pak wrote:
> altera_jtaguart_probe() maps the register window before registering the
> UART port, but it ignores failures from uart_add_one_port(). If port
> registration fails, probe still returns success and the mapping remains
> live until a later remove path that is not part of probe failure cleanup.
>
> Return the uart_add_one_port() error and unmap the register window on
> that failure path.
>
> Fixes: 5bcd601049c6 ("serial: Add driver for the Altera JTAG UART")
> Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/altera_jtaguart.c | 8 +++++++-
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/altera_jtaguart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/altera_jtaguart.c
> index d47a62d1c9..15588b6dc3 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/altera_jtaguart.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/altera_jtaguart.c
> @@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ static int altera_jtaguart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> struct resource *res_mem;
> int i = pdev->id;
> int irq;
> + int ret;
>
> /* -1 emphasizes that the platform must have one port, no .N suffix */
> if (i == -1)
> @@ -418,7 +419,12 @@ static int altera_jtaguart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> port->flags = UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF;
> port->dev = &pdev->dev;
>
> - uart_add_one_port(&altera_jtaguart_driver, port);
> + ret = uart_add_one_port(&altera_jtaguart_driver, port);
> + if (ret) {
> + iounmap(port->membase);
> + port->membase = NULL;
Why is membase being set to NULL, that should not be needed, right?
How was this tested?
thanks,
greg k-h