The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 7f8fdd4dbffc05982b96caf586f77a014b2a9353 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to 'stable@vger.kernel.org' --in-reply-to '2025081848-lemon-attic-be0e@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 7f8fdd4dbffc05982b96caf586f77a014b2a9353 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yunhui Cui cuiyunhui@bytedance.com Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:33:22 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] serial: 8250: fix panic due to PSLVERR
When the PSLVERR_RESP_EN parameter is set to 1, the device generates an error response if an attempt is made to read an empty RBR (Receive Buffer Register) while the FIFO is enabled.
In serial8250_do_startup(), calling serial_port_out(port, UART_LCR, UART_LCR_WLEN8) triggers dw8250_check_lcr(), which invokes dw8250_force_idle() and serial8250_clear_and_reinit_fifos(). The latter function enables the FIFO via serial_out(p, UART_FCR, p->fcr). Execution proceeds to the serial_port_in(port, UART_RX). This satisfies the PSLVERR trigger condition.
When another CPU (e.g., using printk()) is accessing the UART (UART is busy), the current CPU fails the check (value & ~UART_LCR_SPAR) == (lcr & ~UART_LCR_SPAR) in dw8250_check_lcr(), causing it to enter dw8250_force_idle().
Put serial_port_out(port, UART_LCR, UART_LCR_WLEN8) under the port->lock to fix this issue.
Panic backtrace: [ 0.442336] Oops - unknown exception [#1] [ 0.442343] epc : dw8250_serial_in32+0x1e/0x4a [ 0.442351] ra : serial8250_do_startup+0x2c8/0x88e ... [ 0.442416] console_on_rootfs+0x26/0x70
Fixes: c49436b657d0 ("serial: 8250_dw: Improve unwritable LCR workaround") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/84cydt5peu.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de/T/ Signed-off-by: Yunhui Cui cuiyunhui@bytedance.com Reviewed-by: John Ogness john.ogness@linutronix.de Cc: stable stable@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250723023322.464-2-cuiyunhui@bytedance.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c index 7eddcab318b4..2da9db960d09 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c @@ -2269,9 +2269,9 @@ static void serial8250_initialize(struct uart_port *port) { unsigned long flags;
+ uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &flags); serial_port_out(port, UART_LCR, UART_LCR_WLEN8);
- uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &flags); serial8250_init_mctrl(port); serial8250_iir_txen_test(port); uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);