Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] serial: 8250_dw: fix PSLVERR on RX_TIMEOUT

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Fri Apr 25 2025 - 02:43:38 EST


On 25. 04. 25, 8:41, Jiri Slaby wrote:
On 25. 04. 25, 8:24, Yunhui Cui wrote:
In the case of RX_TIMEOUT, to avoid PSLVERR, disable the FIFO
before reading UART_RX when UART_LSR_DR is not set.

Fixes: 424d79183af0 ("serial: 8250_dw: Avoid "too much work" from bogus rx timeout interrupt")
Signed-off-by: Yunhui Cui <cuiyunhui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/ serial/8250/8250_dw.c
index 07f9be074b4b..1e364280a108 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ static int dw8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *p)
      unsigned int quirks = d->pdata->quirks;
      unsigned int status;
      unsigned long flags;
+    unsigned char old_fcr;

No more unsigned char, please. Use u8.

@@ -288,9 +289,19 @@ static int dw8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *p)
          uart_port_lock_irqsave(p, &flags);
          status = serial_lsr_in(up);
-        if (!(status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI)))
+        if (!(status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI))) {
+            /* To avoid PSLVERR, disable the FIFO first. */
+            if (up->fcr & UART_FCR_ENABLE_FIFO) {
+                old_fcr = serial_in(up, UART_FCR);

Wait, read(FCR) actually means read(IIR). FCR is write only. Or is DW special in this?

+                serial_out(up, UART_FCR, old_fcr & ~1);

s/1/UART_FCR_ENABLE_FIFO/

+            }
+
              (void) p->serial_in(p, UART_RX);
+            if (up->fcr & UART_FCR_ENABLE_FIFO)
+                serial_out(up, UART_FCR, old_fcr);
+        }
+
          uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(p, flags);
      }



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