3 files changed, 19 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
index 90f66dc7c0d7..a2fc1a1d58b0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ir_raw_event_set_idle);
  */
 void ir_raw_event_handle(struct rc_dev *dev)
 {
-	if (!dev->raw)
+	if (!dev->raw || !dev->raw->thread)
 		return;
 
 	wake_up_process(dev->raw->thread);
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ int ir_raw_event_register(struct rc_dev *dev)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct ir_raw_handler *handler;
+	struct task_struct *thread;
 
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -507,13 +508,15 @@ int ir_raw_event_register(struct rc_dev *dev)
 	 * because the event is coming from userspace
 	 */
 	if (dev->driver_type != RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX) {
-		dev->raw->thread = kthread_run(ir_raw_event_thread, dev->raw,
-					       "rc%u", dev->minor);
+		thread = kthread_run(ir_raw_event_thread, dev->raw, "rc%u",
+				     dev->minor);
 
-		if (IS_ERR(dev->raw->thread)) {
-			rc = PTR_ERR(dev->raw->thread);
+		if (IS_ERR(thread)) {
+			rc = PTR_ERR(thread);
 			goto out;
 		}
+
+		dev->raw->thread = thread;
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&ir_raw_handler_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c b/drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c
index 2f0a0d248936..77d5d4cbed0a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c
@@ -833,11 +833,11 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 module_param(type, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(type, "Hardware type (0 = home-brew, 1 = IRdeo, 2 = IRdeo Remote, 3 = AnimaX, 4 = IgorPlug");
 
-module_param(io, int, 0444);
+module_param_hw(io, int, ioport, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(io, "I/O address base (0x3f8 or 0x2f8)");
 
 /* some architectures (e.g. intel xscale) have memory mapped registers */
-module_param(iommap, ulong, 0444);
+module_param_hw(iommap, ulong, other, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(iommap, "physical base for memory mapped I/O (0 = no memory mapped io)");
 
 /*
@@ -845,13 +845,13 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(iommap, "physical base for memory mapped I/O (0 = no memory map
  * on 32bit word boundaries.
  * See linux-kernel/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.c serial_in()/out()
  */
-module_param(ioshift, int, 0444);
+module_param_hw(ioshift, int, other, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ioshift, "shift I/O register offset (0 = no shift)");
 
-module_param(irq, int, 0444);
+module_param_hw(irq, int, irq, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq, "Interrupt (4 or 3)");
 
-module_param(share_irq, bool, 0444);
+module_param_hw(share_irq, bool, other, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(share_irq, "Share interrupts (0 = off, 1 = on)");
 
 module_param(sense, int, 0444);
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/sir_ir.c b/drivers/media/rc/sir_ir.c
index e12ec50bf0bf..90a5f8fd5eea 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/sir_ir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/sir_ir.c
@@ -183,9 +183,15 @@ static irqreturn_t sir_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	static unsigned long delt;
 	unsigned long deltintr;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int counter = 0;
 	int iir, lsr;
 
 	while ((iir = inb(io + UART_IIR) & UART_IIR_ID)) {
+		if (++counter > 256) {
+			dev_err(&sir_ir_dev->dev, "Trapped in interrupt");
+			break;
+		}
+
 		switch (iir & UART_IIR_ID) { /* FIXME toto treba preriedit */
 		case UART_IIR_MSI:
 			(void)inb(io + UART_MSR);