Re: [PATCH 2/3] serial: 8250_dw: Take port lock while accessing LSR

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Jun 15 2022 - 06:07:23 EST


On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 12:06:50PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> Accessing LSR requires port lock because it mutates lsr_saved_flags
> in serial_lsr_in().

I got this as patch 2/3, where are the 1/3 and 3/3?

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> @@ -266,7 +266,10 @@ static int dw8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *p)
>
> /* 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) {
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&p->lock, flags);
> status = serial_lsr_in(up);
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->lock, flags);

This reminds me the question, why do we need to save flags here? Aren't we in
IRQ context already? (Perhaps another patch might be issued.)

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko