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    serial: 8250: Fix __stop_tx() & DMA Tx restart races · f8d6e9d3
    Ilpo Järvinen authored
    Commit e8ffbb71 ("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: e8ffbb71 ("serial: 8250: use THRE & __stop_tx also with DMA")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220615090651.15340-2-ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.comSigned-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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