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FAILED: patch "[PATCH] serial: 8250_dma: Fix DMA Rx rearm race" failed to apply to all-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the all-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 <[email protected]>.

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 57e9af7831dcf211c5c689c2a6f209f4abdf0bce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ilpo=20J=C3=A4rvinen?= <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 13:48:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] serial: 8250_dma: Fix DMA Rx rearm race
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As DMA Rx can be completed from two places, it is possible that DMA Rx completes before DMA completion callback had a chance to complete it. Once the previous DMA Rx has been completed, a new one can be started on the next UART interrupt. The following race is possible (uart_unlock_and_check_sysrq_irqrestore() replaced with spin_unlock_irqrestore() for simplicity/clarity):

CPU0 CPU1
dma_rx_complete()
serial8250_handle_irq()
spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock)
handle_rx_dma()

    serial8250_rx_dma_flush()
      __dma_rx_complete()
        dma->rx_running = 0
        // Complete DMA Rx

spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock)

serial8250_handle_irq()
spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock)
handle_rx_dma()

    serial8250_rx_dma()
      dma->rx_running = 1
      // Setup a new DMA Rx

spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock)

					  spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock)
					  // sees dma->rx_running = 1
					  __dma_rx_complete()
					    dma->rx_running = 0
					    // Incorrectly complete
					    // running DMA Rx

This race seems somewhat theoretical to occur for real but handle it correctly regardless. Check what is the DMA status before complething anything in __dma_rx_complete().

drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dma.c +10 -2
index 5594883a96f8..7fa66501792d 100644
@@ -43,15 +43,23 @@ static void __dma_rx_complete(struct uart_8250_port *p)
 	struct uart_8250_dma	*dma = p->dma;
 	struct tty_port		*tty_port = &p->port.state->port;
 	struct dma_tx_state	state;
+	enum dma_status		dma_status;
 	int			count;
 
-	dma->rx_running = 0;
-	dmaengine_tx_status(dma->rxchan, dma->rx_cookie, &state);
+	/*
+	 * New DMA Rx can be started during the completion handler before it
+	 * could acquire port's lock and it might still be ongoing. Don't to
+	 * anything in such case.
+	 */
+	dma_status = dmaengine_tx_status(dma->rxchan, dma->rx_cookie, &state);
+	if (dma_status == DMA_IN_PROGRESS)
+		return;
 
 	count = dma->rx_size - state.residue;
 
 	tty_insert_flip_string(tty_port, dma->rx_buf, count);
 	p->port.icount.rx += count;
+	dma->rx_running = 0;
 
 	tty_flip_buffer_push(tty_port);
 }