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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
index b470bc747b99..868ccb3e16cf 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
@@ -1623,6 +1623,18 @@ static inline void start_tx_rs485(struct uart_port *port)
struct uart_8250_port *up = up_to_u8250p(port);
struct uart_8250_em485 *em485 = up->em485;
+ /*
+ * While serial8250_em485_handle_stop_tx() is a noop if
+ * em485->active_timer != &em485->stop_tx_timer, it might happen that
+ * the timer is still armed and triggers only after the current bunch of
+ * chars is send and em485->active_timer == &em485->stop_tx_timer again.
+ * So cancel the timer. There is still a theoretical race condition if
+ * the timer is already running and only comes around to check for
+ * em485->active_timer when &em485->stop_tx_timer is armed again.
+ */
+ if (em485->active_timer == &em485->stop_tx_timer)
+ hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&em485->stop_tx_timer);
+
em485->active_timer = NULL;
if (em485->tx_stopped) {