From: Peng Zhang Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:16:39 +0000 (+0100) Subject: serial: 8250: always disable IRQ during THRE test X-Git-Tag: v7.0-rc5~16^2~11 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=24b98e8664e157aff0814a0f49895ee8223f382f;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git serial: 8250: always disable IRQ during THRE test commit 039d4926379b ("serial: 8250: Toggle IER bits on only after irq has been set up") moved IRQ setup before the THRE test, in combination with commit 205d300aea75 ("serial: 8250: change lock order in serial8250_do_startup()") the interrupt handler can run during the test and race with its IIR reads. This can produce wrong THRE test results and cause spurious registration of the serial8250_backup_timeout timer. Unconditionally disable the IRQ for the short duration of the test and re-enable it afterwards to avoid the race. Fixes: 039d4926379b ("serial: 8250: Toggle IER bits on only after irq has been set up") Depends-on: 205d300aea75 ("serial: 8250: change lock order in serial8250_do_startup()") Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Peng Zhang Reviewed-by: Muchun Song Signed-off-by: Alban Bedel Tested-by: Maximilian Lueer Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224121639.579404-1-alban.bedel@lht.dlh.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c index cc94af2d578a..a743964c9d22 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c @@ -2147,8 +2147,7 @@ static void serial8250_THRE_test(struct uart_port *port) if (up->port.flags & UPF_NO_THRE_TEST) return; - if (port->irqflags & IRQF_SHARED) - disable_irq_nosync(port->irq); + disable_irq(port->irq); /* * Test for UARTs that do not reassert THRE when the transmitter is idle and the interrupt @@ -2170,8 +2169,7 @@ static void serial8250_THRE_test(struct uart_port *port) serial_port_out(port, UART_IER, 0); } - if (port->irqflags & IRQF_SHARED) - enable_irq(port->irq); + enable_irq(port->irq); /* * If the interrupt is not reasserted, or we otherwise don't trust the iir, setup a timer to