[PATCH v2 2/2] serial: mxs-auart: wait for FIFO to flush before shutdown

Uwe Kleine-König u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de
Wed Oct 2 16:18:34 EDT 2013


Hello Hector,

On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 04:01:47PM +0200, Hector Palacios wrote:
> On 10/02/2013 02:22 PM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> >On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 02:02:44PM +0200, Hector Palacios wrote:
> >>The shutdown function was not waiting for the FIFO (which may be the
> >>real 16 byte FIFO or the DMA buffer, if DMA is enabled) to flush
> >>before disabling the AUART.
> >>This lead to many bytes not being transferred (specially at low
> >>baudrates), as they were still in the DMA buffer when the AUART was
> >>shutdown.
> >>This patch also adds the check for the BUSY flag before disabling
> >>the AUART.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Hector Palacios <hector.palacios at digi.com>
> >>---
> >>  drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> >>
> >>diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
> >>index 9f046177..589b595 100644
> >>--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
> >>+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
> >>@@ -757,9 +757,22 @@ static int mxs_auart_startup(struct uart_port *u)
> >>  	return 0;
> >>  }
> >>
> >>+static unsigned int mxs_auart_tx_empty(struct uart_port *u);
> >>+
> >>  static void mxs_auart_shutdown(struct uart_port *u)
> >>  {
> >>  	struct mxs_auart_port *s = to_auart_port(u);
> >>+	unsigned int to;
> >>+
> >>+	/* Wait for the FIFO to flush */
> >>+	to = u->timeout;
> >>+	while (!mxs_auart_tx_empty(u) && to--)
> >>+		mdelay(1);
> >>+
> >>+	/* Wait for UART to become idle ... */
> >>+	to = u->timeout;
> >>+	while ((readl(u->membase + AUART_STAT) & AUART_STAT_BUSY) && to--)
> >>+		mdelay(1);
> >If the 2nd loop is needed the tx_empty callback is buggy. According to
> >Documentation/serial/driver tx_empty "tests whether the transmitter fifo
> >and shifter for the port [...] is empty". I guess it only tests for the
> >fifo part? Time for another fix ...
> 
> Do you mean the tx_empty should check both for TX_FIFO and !BUSY, right?
> I did it so because I thought the BUSY was also set during rx, but
> it is really only used to signal tx operation.
> 
> That would turn this patch into this:
> 
> @@ -755,13 +755,21 @@ static int mxs_auart_startup(struct uart_port *u)
>  	writel(AUART_LINECTRL_FEN, u->membase + AUART_LINECTRL_SET);
> 
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 
> +static unsigned int mxs_auart_tx_empty(struct uart_port *u);
There is no need for a forward declaration if you move the whole
function.

> +
>  static void mxs_auart_shutdown(struct uart_port *u)
>  {
>  	struct mxs_auart_port *s = to_auart_port(u);
> +	unsigned int to;
> +
> +	/* Wait for the FIFO to flush */
> +	to = u->timeout;
> +	while (!mxs_auart_tx_empty(u) && to--)
> +		mdelay(1);
> 
>  	if (auart_dma_enabled(s))
>  		mxs_auart_dma_exit(s);
> 
>  	writel(AUART_CTRL2_UARTEN, u->membase + AUART_CTRL2_CLR);
> @@ -774,14 +782,15 @@ static void mxs_auart_shutdown(struct uart_port *u)
>  	clk_disable_unprepare(s->clk);
>  }
> 
>  static unsigned int mxs_auart_tx_empty(struct uart_port *u)
>  {
> -	if (readl(u->membase + AUART_STAT) & AUART_STAT_TXFE)
> -		return TIOCSER_TEMT;
> -	else
> -		return 0;
> +	if (!((readl(u->membase + AUART_STAT) & AUART_STAT_BUSY)))
> +		if (readl(u->membase + AUART_STAT) & AUART_STAT_TXFE)
> +			return TIOCSER_TEMT;
if you do
	stat = readl(u->membase + AUART_STAT);
	if ((stat & (AUART_STAT_BUSY | AUART_STAT_TXFE)) == AUART_STAT_TXFE)
		return TIOCSER_TEMT;

you save one register read and a small race condition.

Best regards
Uwe


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