2022-04-12 02:13:56

by Uwe Kleine-König

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] serial: 8250: Fix runtime PM for start_tx() for empty buffer

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 12:48:05PM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> Commit 932d596378b0 ("serial: 8250: Return early in .start_tx() if there
> are no chars to send") caused a regression where the drivers implementing
> runtime PM stopped idling.
>
> We need to call serial8250_rpm_put_tx() on early exit, it normally gets
> called later on at __stop_tx().
>
> Fixes: 932d596378b0 ("serial: 8250: Return early in .start_tx() if there are no chars to send")
> Cc: Steffen Trumtrar <[email protected]>
> Cc: Uwe Kleine-K?nig <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
> @@ -1677,8 +1677,10 @@ static void serial8250_start_tx(struct uart_port *port)
>
> serial8250_rpm_get_tx(up);
>
> - if (!port->x_char && uart_circ_empty(&port->state->xmit))
> + if (!port->x_char && uart_circ_empty(&port->state->xmit)) {
> + serial8250_rpm_put_tx(up);
> return;
> + }

Assuming you don't need serial8250_rpm_get_tx() to check the condition,
it would be easier to move the early return before the call to
serial8250_rpm_get_tx().

Best regards
Uwe

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2022-04-12 21:32:42

by Tony Lindgren

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] serial: 8250: Fix runtime PM for start_tx() for empty buffer

* Uwe Kleine-König <[email protected]> [220411 09:59]:
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 12:48:05PM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > Commit 932d596378b0 ("serial: 8250: Return early in .start_tx() if there
> > are no chars to send") caused a regression where the drivers implementing
> > runtime PM stopped idling.
> >
> > We need to call serial8250_rpm_put_tx() on early exit, it normally gets
> > called later on at __stop_tx().
> >
> > Fixes: 932d596378b0 ("serial: 8250: Return early in .start_tx() if there are no chars to send")
> > Cc: Steffen Trumtrar <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Uwe Kleine-König <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
> > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
> > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
> > @@ -1677,8 +1677,10 @@ static void serial8250_start_tx(struct uart_port *port)
> >
> > serial8250_rpm_get_tx(up);
> >
> > - if (!port->x_char && uart_circ_empty(&port->state->xmit))
> > + if (!port->x_char && uart_circ_empty(&port->state->xmit)) {
> > + serial8250_rpm_put_tx(up);
> > return;
> > + }
>
> Assuming you don't need serial8250_rpm_get_tx() to check the condition,
> it would be easier to move the early return before the call to
> serial8250_rpm_get_tx().

Yeah good suggestion, that should work.

Regards,

Tony