[PATCH] tty: serial: samsung: Remove redundant port lock acquisition in rx helpers

[Tudor Ambarus]

Sashiko identified a deadlock when the console flow is engaged [1].

When console flow control is enabled (UPF_CONS_FLOW),
s3c24xx_serial_stop_tx() calls s3c24xx_serial_rx_enable() and
s3c24xx_serial_start_tx() calls s3c24xx_serial_rx_disable().

The serial core framework invokes the .stop_tx() and .start_tx()
callbacks with the port->lock spinlock already held. Furthermore, all
internal driver paths that invoke stop_tx (such as the DMA TX
completion handler s3c24xx_serial_tx_dma_complete() or the PIO TX IRQ
handler s3c24xx_serial_tx_irq()) also acquire port->lock prior to
calling it. (Note that s3c24xx_serial_start_tx() is only invoked by the
serial core).

However, s3c24xx_serial_rx_enable() and s3c24xx_serial_rx_disable()
unconditionally attempt to acquire port->lock again using
uart_port_lock_irqsave(). Since spinlocks are not recursive, this
causes a deadlock on the same CPU when console flow control is engaged.

Remove the redundant lock acquisition from both rx helper functions.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: b497549a035c ("[ARM] S3C24XX: Split serial driver into core and per-cpu drivers")
Reported-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260506121606.5805-1-john.ogness%40linutronix.de [1]
Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c b/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c
index 2f94fc798cff..63d0232dffc2 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c
@@ -245,12 +245,9 @@ static bool s3c24xx_serial_txempty_nofifo(const struct uart_port *port)
 static void s3c24xx_serial_rx_enable(struct uart_port *port)
 {
 	struct s3c24xx_uart_port *ourport = to_ourport(port);
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int count = 10000;
 	u32 ucon, ufcon;
 
-	uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &flags);
-
 	while (--count && !s3c24xx_serial_txempty_nofifo(port))
 		udelay(100);
 
@@ -263,23 +260,18 @@ static void s3c24xx_serial_rx_enable(struct uart_port *port)
 	wr_regl(port, S3C2410_UCON, ucon);
 
 	ourport->rx_enabled = 1;
-	uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);
 }
 
 static void s3c24xx_serial_rx_disable(struct uart_port *port)
 {
 	struct s3c24xx_uart_port *ourport = to_ourport(port);
-	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 ucon;
 
-	uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &flags);
-
 	ucon = rd_regl(port, S3C2410_UCON);
 	ucon &= ~S3C2410_UCON_RXIRQMODE;
 	wr_regl(port, S3C2410_UCON, ucon);
 
 	ourport->rx_enabled = 0;
-	uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);
 }
 
 static void s3c24xx_serial_stop_tx(struct uart_port *port)

---
base-commit: 16e95bfb79b5d9d01dc7651d98caf3c2ace331cd
change-id: 20260515-samsung-tty-flow-control-deadlock-1d426171bf41

Best regards,
-- 
Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx>