{
        struct uart_port *port = sunhv_port;
        unsigned long flags;
+       int locked = 1;
+
+       local_irq_save(flags);
+       if (port->sysrq) {
+               locked = 0;
+       } else if (oops_in_progress) {
+               locked = spin_trylock(&port->lock);
+       } else
+               spin_lock(&port->lock);
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
        while (n > 0) {
                unsigned long ra = __pa(con_write_page);
                unsigned long page_bytes;
                        ra += written;
                }
        }
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
+
+       if (locked)
+               spin_unlock(&port->lock);
+       local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static inline void sunhv_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, char c)
 {
        struct uart_port *port = sunhv_port;
        unsigned long flags;
-       int i;
+       int i, locked = 1;
+
+       local_irq_save(flags);
+       if (port->sysrq) {
+               locked = 0;
+       } else if (oops_in_progress) {
+               locked = spin_trylock(&port->lock);
+       } else
+               spin_lock(&port->lock);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
        for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                        sunhv_console_putchar(port, '\r');
                sunhv_console_putchar(port, *s++);
        }
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
+
+       if (locked)
+               spin_unlock(&port->lock);
+       local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static struct console sunhv_console = {
 
 static void sunsab_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, int c)
 {
        struct uart_sunsab_port *up = (struct uart_sunsab_port *)port;
-       unsigned long flags;
-
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&up->port.lock, flags);
 
        sunsab_tec_wait(up);
        writeb(c, &up->regs->w.tic);
-
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&up->port.lock, flags);
 }
 
 static void sunsab_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
 {
        struct uart_sunsab_port *up = &sunsab_ports[con->index];
+       unsigned long flags;
+       int locked = 1;
+
+       local_irq_save(flags);
+       if (up->port.sysrq) {
+               locked = 0;
+       } else if (oops_in_progress) {
+               locked = spin_trylock(&up->port.lock);
+       } else
+               spin_lock(&up->port.lock);
 
        uart_console_write(&up->port, s, n, sunsab_console_putchar);
        sunsab_tec_wait(up);
+
+       if (locked)
+               spin_unlock(&up->port.lock);
+       local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static int sunsab_console_setup(struct console *con, char *options)
 
                                unsigned int count)
 {
        struct uart_sunsu_port *up = &sunsu_ports[co->index];
+       unsigned long flags;
        unsigned int ier;
+       int locked = 1;
+
+       local_irq_save(flags);
+       if (up->port.sysrq) {
+               locked = 0;
+       } else if (oops_in_progress) {
+               locked = spin_trylock(&up->port.lock);
+       } else
+               spin_lock(&up->port.lock);
 
        /*
         *      First save the UER then disable the interrupts
         */
        wait_for_xmitr(up);
        serial_out(up, UART_IER, ier);
+
+       if (locked)
+               spin_unlock(&up->port.lock);
+       local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 /*
 
  * C. Dost, Pete Zaitcev, Ted Ts'o and Alex Buell for their
  * work there.
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 2002, 2006 David S. Miller (davem@davemloft.net)
+ * Copyright (C) 2002, 2006, 2007 David S. Miller (davem@davemloft.net)
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 {
        struct uart_sunzilog_port *up = &sunzilog_port_table[con->index];
        unsigned long flags;
+       int locked = 1;
+
+       local_irq_save(flags);
+       if (up->port.sysrq) {
+               locked = 0;
+       } else if (oops_in_progress) {
+               locked = spin_trylock(&up->port.lock);
+       } else
+               spin_lock(&up->port.lock);
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&up->port.lock, flags);
        uart_console_write(&up->port, s, count, sunzilog_putchar);
        udelay(2);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&up->port.lock, flags);
+
+       if (locked)
+               spin_unlock(&up->port.lock);
+       local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static int __init sunzilog_console_setup(struct console *con, char *options)