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authorPeter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>2016-01-10 23:39:32 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-01-28 23:07:04 +0100
commitd22f8f10683c8c0f2675d9fd411a06facaf07c1b (patch)
tree004906b39e6a6c15605246b0687a835945691ab8 /drivers/tty
parentserial: 8250: Refactor serial8250_rx_chars() inner loop (diff)
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serial: 8250: Fix lost rx state
When max_count is reached, the rx loop exits. However, UART_LSR has already been read so those char flags are lost, and subsequent rx status will be for the wrong byte until the rx fifo drains. Reported-by: George Spelvin <linux@horizon.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty')
-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
index 7580d713cde5..48680565c991 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
@@ -1478,16 +1478,17 @@ static void serial8250_read_char(struct uart_8250_port *up, unsigned char lsr)
* value, and returns the remaining LSR bits not handled
* by this Rx routine.
*/
-unsigned char
-serial8250_rx_chars(struct uart_8250_port *up, unsigned char lsr)
+unsigned char serial8250_rx_chars(struct uart_8250_port *up, unsigned char lsr)
{
struct uart_port *port = &up->port;
int max_count = 256;
do {
serial8250_read_char(up, lsr);
+ if (--max_count == 0)
+ break;
lsr = serial_in(up, UART_LSR);
- } while ((lsr & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI)) && (--max_count > 0));
+ } while (lsr & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI));
spin_unlock(&port->lock);
tty_flip_buffer_push(&port->state->port);
spin_lock(&port->lock);