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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 14:30:53 +0000 (16:30 +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
[ adapted to inline code structure without separate serial8250_initialize helper function ]
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 05196799296522eca0dcc72ee72cd13db1a315b2..03aca7eaca160d7fd3225dfcd0f2926a6342edb6 100644 (file)
@@ -2351,9 +2351,8 @@ int serial8250_do_startup(struct uart_port *port)
        /*
         * Now, initialize the UART
         */
-       serial_port_out(port, UART_LCR, UART_LCR_WLEN8);
-
        uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &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;