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serial: 8250: fix panic due to PSLVERR
authorYunhui Cui <cuiyunhui@bytedance.com>
Wed, 23 Jul 2025 02:33:22 +0000 (10:33 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:26:05 +0000 (16:26 +0200)
commit 7f8fdd4dbffc05982b96caf586f77a014b2a9353 upstream.

When the PSLVERR_RESP_EN parameter is set to 1, the device generates
an error response if an attempt is made to read an empty RBR (Receive
Buffer Register) while the FIFO is enabled.

In serial8250_do_startup(), calling serial_port_out(port, UART_LCR,
UART_LCR_WLEN8) triggers dw8250_check_lcr(), which invokes
dw8250_force_idle() and serial8250_clear_and_reinit_fifos(). The latter
function enables the FIFO via serial_out(p, UART_FCR, p->fcr).
Execution proceeds to the serial_port_in(port, UART_RX).
This satisfies the PSLVERR trigger condition.

When another CPU (e.g., using printk()) is accessing the UART (UART
is busy), the current CPU fails the check (value & ~UART_LCR_SPAR) ==
(lcr & ~UART_LCR_SPAR) in dw8250_check_lcr(), causing it to enter
dw8250_force_idle().

Put serial_port_out(port, UART_LCR, UART_LCR_WLEN8) under the port->lock
to fix this issue.

Panic backtrace:
[    0.442336] Oops - unknown exception [#1]
[    0.442343] epc : dw8250_serial_in32+0x1e/0x4a
[    0.442351]  ra : serial8250_do_startup+0x2c8/0x88e
...
[    0.442416] console_on_rootfs+0x26/0x70

Fixes: c49436b657d0 ("serial: 8250_dw: Improve unwritable LCR workaround")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/84cydt5peu.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de/T/
Signed-off-by: Yunhui Cui <cuiyunhui@bytedance.com>
Reviewed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250723023322.464-2-cuiyunhui@bytedance.com
[ Applied fix to serial8250_do_startup() instead of serial8250_initialize() ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c

index c1917774e0bb3b25d36b1cb8d830656bc5217ed4..c3ab9c1a6a8025356cb07bf920fcfe18b8513413 100644 (file)
@@ -2370,9 +2370,8 @@ int serial8250_do_startup(struct uart_port *port)
        /*
         * Now, initialize the UART
         */
-       serial_port_out(port, UART_LCR, UART_LCR_WLEN8);
-
        spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
+       serial_port_out(port, UART_LCR, UART_LCR_WLEN8);
        if (up->port.flags & UPF_FOURPORT) {
                if (!up->port.irq)
                        up->port.mctrl |= TIOCM_OUT1;