Prepare uart_poll_init() to safely dereference uart port; expand the
port mutex section to guarantee uart port remains valid until
uart_poll_init() completes.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 806eba81..16c4c48 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -2268,42 +2268,41 @@ static int uart_poll_init(struct tty_driver *driver, 
int line, char *options)
 {
        struct uart_driver *drv = driver->driver_state;
        struct uart_state *state = drv->state + line;
-       struct uart_port *port;
+       struct tty_port *port;
+       struct uart_port *uport;
        int baud = 9600;
        int bits = 8;
        int parity = 'n';
        int flow = 'n';
-       int ret;
+       int ret = -1;
 
-       if (!state || !state->uart_port)
+       if (!state)
                return -1;
 
-       port = state->uart_port;
-       if (!(port->ops->poll_get_char && port->ops->poll_put_char))
-               return -1;
+       port = &state->port;
+       mutex_lock(&port->mutex);
 
-       if (port->ops->poll_init) {
-               struct tty_port *tport = &state->port;
+       uport = state->uart_port;
+       if (!(uport->ops->poll_get_char && uport->ops->poll_put_char))
+               goto out;
 
-               ret = 0;
-               mutex_lock(&tport->mutex);
+       ret = 0;
+       if (uport->ops->poll_init) {
                /*
                 * We don't set ASYNCB_INITIALIZED as we only initialized the
                 * hw, e.g. state->xmit is still uninitialized.
                 */
-               if (!test_bit(ASYNCB_INITIALIZED, &tport->flags))
-                       ret = port->ops->poll_init(port);
-               mutex_unlock(&tport->mutex);
-               if (ret)
-                       return ret;
+               if (!test_bit(ASYNCB_INITIALIZED, &port->flags))
+                       ret = uport->ops->poll_init(uport);
        }
 
-       if (options) {
+       if (!ret && options) {
                uart_parse_options(options, &baud, &parity, &bits, &flow);
-               return uart_set_options(port, NULL, baud, parity, bits, flow);
+               ret = uart_set_options(uport, NULL, baud, parity, bits, flow);
        }
-
-       return 0;
+out:
+       mutex_unlock(&port->mutex);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static int uart_poll_get_char(struct tty_driver *driver, int line)
-- 
2.6.3

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