This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled serial: 8250_dw: Preserve original value of DLF register to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: serial-8250_dw-preserve-original-value-of-dlf-register.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 748c5ea8b8796ae8ee80b8d3a3d940570b588d59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ruihong Luo <colorsu1922@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 08:42:36 +0800 Subject: serial: 8250_dw: Preserve original value of DLF register MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Ruihong Luo <colorsu1922@xxxxxxxxx> commit 748c5ea8b8796ae8ee80b8d3a3d940570b588d59 upstream. Preserve the original value of the Divisor Latch Fraction (DLF) register. When the DLF register is modified without preservation, it can disrupt the baudrate settings established by firmware or bootloader, leading to data corruption and the generation of unreadable or distorted characters. Fixes: 701c5e73b296 ("serial: 8250_dw: add fractional divisor support") Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ruihong Luo <colorsu1922@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20230713004235.35904-1-colorsu1922%40gmail.com Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230713004235.35904-1-colorsu1922@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.c @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static void dw8250_set_divisor(struct ua void dw8250_setup_port(struct uart_port *p) { struct uart_8250_port *up = up_to_u8250p(p); - u32 reg; + u32 reg, old_dlf; /* * If the Component Version Register returns zero, we know that @@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ void dw8250_setup_port(struct uart_port dev_dbg(p->dev, "Designware UART version %c.%c%c\n", (reg >> 24) & 0xff, (reg >> 16) & 0xff, (reg >> 8) & 0xff); + /* Preserve value written by firmware or bootloader */ + old_dlf = dw8250_readl_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF); dw8250_writel_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF, ~0U); reg = dw8250_readl_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF); - dw8250_writel_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF, 0); + dw8250_writel_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF, old_dlf); if (reg) { struct dw8250_port_data *d = p->private_data; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from colorsu1922@xxxxxxxxx are queue-5.4/serial-8250_dw-preserve-original-value-of-dlf-register.patch