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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.c
index 56492d208a7a..5c27f7e6c9f1 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.c
@@ -2035,10 +2035,12 @@ static int serial8250_startup(struct uart_port *port)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
/*
- * If the interrupt is not reasserted, setup a timer to
- * kick the UART on a regular basis.
+ * If the interrupt is not reasserted, or we otherwise
+ * don't trust the iir, setup a timer to kick the UART
+ * on a regular basis.
*/
- if (!(iir1 & UART_IIR_NO_INT) && (iir & UART_IIR_NO_INT)) {
+ if ((!(iir1 & UART_IIR_NO_INT) && (iir & UART_IIR_NO_INT)) ||
+ up->port.flags & UPF_BUG_THRE) {
up->bugs |= UART_BUG_THRE;
pr_debug("ttyS%d - using backup timer\n",
serial_index(port));