linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 041/101] USB: serial: ftdi_sio: fix line-status over-reporting

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Message-ID: <lsq.1496331655.807813535@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:40:55 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Michael Walle" <michael@...le.cc>,
        "Johan Hovold" <johan@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 041/101] USB: serial: ftdi_sio: fix line-status
 over-reporting

3.2.89-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>

commit a6bb1e17a39818b01b55d8e6238b4b5f06d55038 upstream.

FTDI devices use a receive latency timer to periodically empty the
receive buffer and report modem and line status (also when the buffer is
empty).

When a break or error condition is detected the corresponding status
flags will be set on a packet with nonzero data payload and the flags
are not updated until the break is over or further characters are
received.

In order to avoid over-reporting break and error conditions, these flags
must therefore only be processed for packets with payload.

This specifically fixes the case where after an overrun, the error
condition is continuously reported and NULL-characters inserted until
further data is received.

Reported-by: Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Fixes: 72fda3ca6fc1 ("USB: serial: ftd_sio: implement sysrq handling on
break")
Fixes: 166ceb690750 ("USB: ftdi_sio: clean up line-status handling")
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
@@ -2187,6 +2187,20 @@ static int ftdi_process_packet(struct tt
 		priv->prev_status = status;
 	}
 
+	/* save if the transmitter is empty or not */
+	if (packet[1] & FTDI_RS_TEMT)
+		priv->transmit_empty = 1;
+	else
+		priv->transmit_empty = 0;
+
+	len -= 2;
+	if (!len)
+		return 0;	/* status only */
+
+	/*
+	 * Break and error status must only be processed for packets with
+	 * data payload to avoid over-reporting.
+	 */
 	flag = TTY_NORMAL;
 	if (packet[1] & FTDI_RS_ERR_MASK) {
 		/* Break takes precedence over parity, which takes precedence
@@ -2209,15 +2223,6 @@ static int ftdi_process_packet(struct tt
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* save if the transmitter is empty or not */
-	if (packet[1] & FTDI_RS_TEMT)
-		priv->transmit_empty = 1;
-	else
-		priv->transmit_empty = 0;
-
-	len -= 2;
-	if (!len)
-		return 0;	/* status only */
 	priv->icount.rx += len;
 	ch = packet + 2;