Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: qcom_geni: don't ida_free() the console port line
From: Konrad Dybcio
Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 04:05:32 EST
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
Konrad