Commit e8ffbb71f783 ("serial: 8250: use THRE & __stop_tx also with DMA") changed __dma_tx_complete() to enable THRI that is cleared in __stop_tx() once THRE is asserted as UART runs out bits to transmit. It is possible, however, that more data arrives in between in which case serial8250_tx_dma() resumes Tx. THRI is not supposed to be on during DMA Tx because DMA is based on completion handler, therefore THRI must be cleared unconditionally in serial8250_tx_dma(). When Tx is about to start, another race window exists with serial8250_handle_irq() leading to a call into __stop_tx() while the Tx has already been resumed: __tx_complete(): -> spin_lock(port->lock) -> dma->tx_running = 0 -> serial8250_set_THRI() -> spin_unlock(port->lock) uart_start(): serial8250_handle_irq(): -> spin_lock(port->lock) -> serial8250_tx_dma(): -> dma->tx_running = 1 -> spin_unlock(port->lock) -> spin_lock(port->lock) -> __stop_tx() Close this race by checking !dma->tx_running before calling into __stop_tx(). Fixes: e8ffbb71f783 ("serial: 8250: use THRE & __stop_tx also with DMA") Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dma.c | 6 +++--- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dma.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dma.c index 7133fceed35e..a8dba4a0a8fb 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dma.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dma.c @@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ int serial8250_tx_dma(struct uart_8250_port *p) UART_XMIT_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE); dma_async_issue_pending(dma->txchan); - if (dma->tx_err) { + serial8250_clear_THRI(p); + if (dma->tx_err) dma->tx_err = 0; - serial8250_clear_THRI(p); - } + return 0; err: dma->tx_err = 1; diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c index 953b0fadfd4c..684a1f1fd686 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c @@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@ int serial8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int iir) if ((status & UART_LSR_THRE) && (up->ier & UART_IER_THRI)) { if (!up->dma || up->dma->tx_err) serial8250_tx_chars(up); - else + else if (!up->dma->tx_running) __stop_tx(up); } -- 2.30.2