Returning true from handle_rx_dma() without flushing DMA first creates a data ordering hazard. If DMA Rx has handled any character at the point when RLSI occurs, the non-DMA path handles any pending characters jumping them ahead of those characters that are pending under DMA.
Fixes: 75df022b5f89 ("serial: 8250_dma: Fix RX handling") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c index 92dd18716169..388172289627 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c @@ -1901,10 +1901,9 @@ static bool handle_rx_dma(struct uart_8250_port *up, unsigned int iir) if (!up->dma->rx_running) break; fallthrough; + case UART_IIR_RLSI: case UART_IIR_RX_TIMEOUT: serial8250_rx_dma_flush(up); - fallthrough; - case UART_IIR_RLSI: return true; } return up->dma->rx_dma(up);