linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.16 153/161] serial: 8250: Dont service RX FIFO if interrupts are disabled

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Date:   Thu, 24 May 2018 11:39:38 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.16 153/161] serial: 8250: Dont service RX FIFO if interrupts are disabled

4.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>

[ Upstream commit 2e9fe539108320820016f78ca7704a7342788380 ]

Currently, data in RX FIFO is read based on UART_LSR register state even
if RDI and RLSI interrupts are disabled in UART_IER register.
This is because when IRQ handler is called due to TX FIFO empty event,
RX FIFO is serviced based on UART_LSR register status instead of
UART_IIR status. This defeats the purpose of disabling UART RX
FIFO interrupts during throttling(see, omap_8250_throttle()) as IRQ
handler continues to drain UART RX FIFO resulting in overflow of buffer
at tty layer.
Fix this by making sure that driver drains UART RX FIFO only when
UART_IIR_RDI is set along with UART_LSR_BI or UART_LSR_DR bits.

Signed-off-by: Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
@@ -1867,7 +1867,8 @@ int serial8250_handle_irq(struct uart_po

 	status = serial_port_in(port, UART_LSR);

-	if (status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI)) {
+	if (status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI) &&
+	    iir & UART_IIR_RDI) {
 		if (!up->dma || handle_rx_dma(up, iir))
 			status = serial8250_rx_chars(up, status);
 	}