From: Guennadi Liakhovetski As reported by Vipul Gandhi, the current serial_match_port() doesn't work for tty-devices using dynamic major number allocation. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski Tested-by: Vipul Gandhi Cc: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/serial/serial_core.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/serial/serial_core.c~serial-fix-serial_match_port-for-dynamic-major-tty-device-numbers drivers/serial/serial_core.c --- a/drivers/serial/serial_core.c~serial-fix-serial_match_port-for-dynamic-major-tty-device-numbers +++ a/drivers/serial/serial_core.c @@ -1991,7 +1991,9 @@ struct uart_match { static int serial_match_port(struct device *dev, void *data) { struct uart_match *match = data; - dev_t devt = MKDEV(match->driver->major, match->driver->minor) + match->port->line; + struct tty_driver *tty_drv = match->driver->tty_driver; + dev_t devt = MKDEV(tty_drv->major, tty_drv->minor_start) + + match->port->line; return dev->devt == devt; /* Actually, only one tty per port */ } _