From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
To: Tate Whiteberg <whiteberg@arista.com>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] serial: 8250_mid: wait for LSR tx empty before setting termios
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:07:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8f39c9fd-cc6e-42cf-9761-ae1922898d4a@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260828175733.1650267-3-whiteberg@arista.com>
On 28. 08. 26, 19:57, Tate Whiteberg wrote:
> If mid8250_set_termios() is called while data is still in transmission,
> the corresponding register updates will corrupt the transmission.
>
> Fix this by locking the port and and waiting for the transmitter to
> empty before performing updates. It is necessary to wait for both
> UART_LSR_THRE and UART_LSR_TEMT to ensure the final character is sent.
>
> Fixes: d9eda9bab237 ("serial: 8250_pci: Intel MID UART support to its own driver")
> Signed-off-by: Tate Whiteberg <whiteberg@arista.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Separate changes to 8250.h and 8250_port.c into prerequisite patch,
> as recommended by andriy.shevchenko@intel.com
> - Apply feedback from andriy.shevchenko@intel.com to 8250_mid.c
>
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mid.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mid.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mid.c
> index 82656645b8a6..ce792888acfe 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mid.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mid.c
> @@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ static void mid8250_set_termios(struct uart_port *p, struct ktermios *termios,
> const struct ktermios *old)
> {
> unsigned int baud = tty_termios_baud_rate(termios);
> + struct uart_8250_port *up = up_to_u8250p(p);
> struct mid8250 *mid = p->private_data;
> unsigned short ps = 16;
> unsigned long fuart = baud * ps;
> @@ -231,12 +232,18 @@ static void mid8250_set_termios(struct uart_port *p, struct ktermios *termios,
> }
>
> rational_best_approximation(fuart, mid->board->freq, w, w, &mul, &div);
> +
> + uart_port_lock_irq(p);
Use scoped_guard(), please.
--
js
suse labs
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-31 3:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 17:57 [PATCH v2 0/2] serial: 8250_mid: fix race condition between output flush and termios update Tate Whiteberg
2026-08-28 17:57 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] serial: 8250: export and rename wait_for_xmitr() Tate Whiteberg
2026-08-31 7:32 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-08-28 17:57 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] serial: 8250_mid: wait for LSR tx empty before setting termios Tate Whiteberg
2026-08-31 3:07 ` Jiri Slaby [this message]
2026-08-31 6:54 ` Andy Shevchenko
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