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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c16
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
index 4440867b7d20..2f973280c34a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
@@ -1883,6 +1883,7 @@ int serial8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int iir)
unsigned char status;
unsigned long flags;
struct uart_8250_port *up = up_to_u8250p(port);
+ bool skip_rx = false;
if (iir & UART_IIR_NO_INT)
return 0;
@@ -1891,7 +1892,20 @@ int serial8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int iir)
status = serial_port_in(port, UART_LSR);
- if (status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI)) {
+ /*
+ * If port is stopped and there are no error conditions in the
+ * FIFO, then don't drain the FIFO, as this may lead to TTY buffer
+ * overflow. Not servicing, RX FIFO would trigger auto HW flow
+ * control when FIFO occupancy reaches preset threshold, thus
+ * halting RX. This only works when auto HW flow control is
+ * available.
+ */
+ if (!(status & (UART_LSR_FIFOE | UART_LSR_BRK_ERROR_BITS)) &&
+ (port->status & (UPSTAT_AUTOCTS | UPSTAT_AUTORTS)) &&
+ !(port->read_status_mask & UART_LSR_DR))
+ skip_rx = true;
+
+ if (status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI) && !skip_rx) {
if (!up->dma || handle_rx_dma(up, iir))
status = serial8250_rx_chars(up, status);
}