Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753007Ab3JARTv (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Oct 2013 13:19:51 -0400 Received: from mms3.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.19]:4535 "EHLO mms3.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751128Ab3JARTt (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Oct 2013 13:19:49 -0400 X-Server-Uuid: B86B6450-0931-4310-942E-F00ED04CA7AF From: "Tim Kryger" To: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" , "Heikki Krogerus" cc: "Tim Kryger" , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@linaro.org Subject: [PATCH v2] serial: 8250_dw: Improve unwritable LCR workaround Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 10:18:08 -0700 Message-ID: <1380647888-32473-1-git-send-email-tim.kryger@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-WSS-ID: 7E55DE2B2L890423793-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 5643 Lines: 159 When configured with UART_16550_COMPATIBLE=NO or in versions prior to the introduction of this option, the Designware UART will ignore writes to the LCR if the UART is busy. The current workaround saves a copy of the last written LCR and re-writes it in the ISR for a special interrupt that is raised when a write was ignored. Unfortunately, interrupts are typically disabled prior to performing a sequence of register writes that include the LCR so the point at which the retry occurs is too late. An example is serial8250_do_set_termios() where an ignored LCR write results in the baud divisor not being set and instead a garbage character is sent out the transmitter. Furthermore, since serial_port_out() offers no way to indicate failure, a serious effort must be made to ensure that the LCR is actually updated before returning back to the caller. This is difficult, however, as a UART that was busy during the first attempt is likely to still be busy when a subsequent attempt is made unless some extra action is taken. This updated workaround reads back the LCR after each write to confirm that the new value was accepted by the hardware. Should the hardware ignore a write, the TX/RX FIFOs are cleared and the receive buffer read before attempting to rewrite the LCR out of the hope that doing so will force the UART into an idle state. While this may seem unnecessarily aggressive, writes to the LCR are used to change the baud rate, parity, stop bit, or data length so the data that may be lost is likely not important. Admittedly, this is far from ideal but it seems to be the best that can be done given the hardware limitations. Lastly, the revised workaround doesn't touch the LCR in the ISR, so it avoids the possibility of a "serial8250: too much work for irq" lock up. This problem is rare in real situations but can be reproduced easily by wiring up two UARTs and running the following commands. # stty -F /dev/ttyS1 echo # stty -F /dev/ttyS2 echo # cat /dev/ttyS1 & [1] 375 # echo asdf > /dev/ttyS1 asdf [ 27.700000] serial8250: too much work for irq96 [ 27.700000] serial8250: too much work for irq96 [ 27.710000] serial8250: too much work for irq96 [ 27.710000] serial8250: too much work for irq96 [ 27.720000] serial8250: too much work for irq96 [ 27.720000] serial8250: too much work for irq96 [ 27.730000] serial8250: too much work for irq96 [ 27.730000] serial8250: too much work for irq96 [ 27.740000] serial8250: too much work for irq96 Signed-off-by: Tim Kryger Reviewed-by: Matt Porter Reviewed-by: Markus Mayer --- Changes in v2: - Rebased on tty-next - Updated commit messsage to mention UART_16550_COMPATIBLE - Removed potentially unnecessary read of LSR and MSR - Only attempt workaround when LCR write is ignored drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c index d04a037..4658e3e 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c @@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ struct dw8250_data { u8 usr_reg; - int last_lcr; int last_mcr; int line; struct clk *clk; @@ -77,17 +76,33 @@ static inline int dw8250_modify_msr(struct uart_port *p, int offset, int value) return value; } +static void dw8250_force_idle(struct uart_port *p) +{ + serial8250_clear_and_reinit_fifos(container_of + (p, struct uart_8250_port, port)); + (void)p->serial_in(p, UART_RX); +} + static void dw8250_serial_out(struct uart_port *p, int offset, int value) { struct dw8250_data *d = p->private_data; - if (offset == UART_LCR) - d->last_lcr = value; - if (offset == UART_MCR) d->last_mcr = value; writeb(value, p->membase + (offset << p->regshift)); + + /* Make sure LCR write wasn't ignored */ + if (offset == UART_LCR) { + int tries = 1000; + while (tries--) { + if (value == p->serial_in(p, UART_LCR)) + return; + dw8250_force_idle(p); + writeb(value, p->membase + (UART_LCR << p->regshift)); + } + dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value); + } } static unsigned int dw8250_serial_in(struct uart_port *p, int offset) @@ -108,13 +123,22 @@ static void dw8250_serial_out32(struct uart_port *p, int offset, int value) { struct dw8250_data *d = p->private_data; - if (offset == UART_LCR) - d->last_lcr = value; - if (offset == UART_MCR) d->last_mcr = value; writel(value, p->membase + (offset << p->regshift)); + + /* Make sure LCR write wasn't ignored */ + if (offset == UART_LCR) { + int tries = 1000; + while (tries--) { + if (value == p->serial_in(p, UART_LCR)) + return; + dw8250_force_idle(p); + writel(value, p->membase + (UART_LCR << p->regshift)); + } + dev_err(p->dev, "Couldn't set LCR to %d\n", value); + } } static unsigned int dw8250_serial_in32(struct uart_port *p, int offset) @@ -132,9 +156,8 @@ static int dw8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *p) if (serial8250_handle_irq(p, iir)) { return 1; } else if ((iir & UART_IIR_BUSY) == UART_IIR_BUSY) { - /* Clear the USR and write the LCR again. */ + /* Clear the USR */ (void)p->serial_in(p, d->usr_reg); - p->serial_out(p, UART_LCR, d->last_lcr); return 1; } -- 1.8.0.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/