linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/7] serial: 8250_dw: Rework dw8250_handle

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Message-Id: <20260128105301.1869-5-ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:52:58 +0200
From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	qianfan Zhao <qianfanguijin@....com>,
	Adriana Nicolae <adriana@...sta.com>,
	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "Bandal, Shankar" <shankar.bandal@...el.com>,
	"Murthy, Shanth" <shanth.murthy@...el.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/7] serial: 8250_dw: Rework dw8250_handle_irq() locking and IIR handling

dw8250_handle_irq() takes port's lock multiple times with no good
reason to release it in between and calls serial8250_handle_irq()
that also takes port's lock.

Take port's lock only once in dw8250_handle_irq() and use
serial8250_handle_irq_locked() to avoid releasing port's lock in
between.

As IIR_NO_INT check in serial8250_handle_irq() was outside of port's
lock, it has to be done already in dw8250_handle_irq().

DW UART can, in addition to IIR_NO_INT, report BUSY_DETECT (0x7) which
collided with the IIR_NO_INT (0x1) check in serial8250_handle_irq()
(because & is used instead of ==) meaning that no other work is done by
serial8250_handle_irq() during an BUSY_DETECT interrupt.

This allows reorganizing code in dw8250_handle_irq() to do both
IIR_NO_INT and BUSY_DETECT handling right at the start simplifying
the logic.

Tested-by: "Bandal, Shankar" <shankar.bandal@...el.com>
Tested-by: "Murthy, Shanth" <shanth.murthy@...el.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
index 7500b1ff1ac1..964750d17186 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
  * LCR is written whilst busy.  If it is, then a busy detect interrupt is
  * raised, the LCR needs to be rewritten and the uart status register read.
  */
+#include <linux/bitfield.h>
+#include <linux/bits.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
@@ -40,6 +43,8 @@
 #define RZN1_UART_RDMACR 0x110 /* DMA Control Register Receive Mode */
 
 /* DesignWare specific register fields */
+#define DW_UART_IIR_IID			GENMASK(3, 0)
+
 #define DW_UART_MCR_SIRE		BIT(6)
 
 /* Renesas specific register fields */
@@ -312,7 +317,19 @@ static int dw8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *p)
 	bool rx_timeout = (iir & 0x3f) == UART_IIR_RX_TIMEOUT;
 	unsigned int quirks = d->pdata->quirks;
 	unsigned int status;
-	unsigned long flags;
+
+	switch (FIELD_GET(DW_UART_IIR_IID, iir)) {
+	case UART_IIR_NO_INT:
+		return 0;
+
+	case UART_IIR_BUSY:
+		/* Clear the USR */
+		serial_port_in(p, d->pdata->usr_reg);
+
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	guard(uart_port_lock_irqsave)(p);
 
 	/*
 	 * There are ways to get Designware-based UARTs into a state where
@@ -325,20 +342,15 @@ static int dw8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *p)
 	 * so we limit the workaround only to non-DMA mode.
 	 */
 	if (!up->dma && rx_timeout) {
-		uart_port_lock_irqsave(p, &flags);
 		status = serial_lsr_in(up);
 
 		if (!(status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI)))
 			serial_port_in(p, UART_RX);
-
-		uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(p, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* Manually stop the Rx DMA transfer when acting as flow controller */
 	if (quirks & DW_UART_QUIRK_IS_DMA_FC && up->dma && up->dma->rx_running && rx_timeout) {
-		uart_port_lock_irqsave(p, &flags);
 		status = serial_lsr_in(up);
-		uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(p, flags);
 
 		if (status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI)) {
 			dw8250_writel_ext(p, RZN1_UART_RDMACR, 0);
@@ -346,17 +358,9 @@ static int dw8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *p)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (serial8250_handle_irq(p, iir))
-		return 1;
-
-	if ((iir & UART_IIR_BUSY) == UART_IIR_BUSY) {
-		/* Clear the USR */
-		serial_port_in(p, d->pdata->usr_reg);
+	serial8250_handle_irq_locked(p, iir);
 
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return 1;
 }
 
 static void dw8250_clk_work_cb(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -858,6 +862,7 @@ static struct platform_driver dw8250_platform_driver = {
 
 module_platform_driver(dw8250_platform_driver);
 
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("SERIAL_8250");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jamie Iles");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Synopsys DesignWare 8250 serial port driver");
-- 
2.39.5