[PATCH RFT] tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: Add register dump

Stefan Wahren wahrenst at gmx.net
Tue May 26 13:50:37 PDT 2026


Hi Sherry,

Am 26.05.26 um 17:21 schrieb Sherry Sun:
>> Subject: [PATCH RFT] tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: Add register dump
>>
>> Dumping the registers from userspace for debug purposes isn't trivial,
>> because runtime PM can gate the required clocks and any read access to
>> these registers would result in a lockup.
>>
>> So implement a register dump via debugfs, which deals with the runtime PM.
> No need, you can disable runtime pm from user space before dump the registers.
> For example: echo on > /sys/bus/platform/devices/29860000.serial/power/control
so "comfort" wouldn't be an argument for this change?
I'm asking, because this isn't the first driver with a regdump via debugfs.

Best regards
>
> Best Regards
> Sherry
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst at gmx.net>
>> ---
>>
>> Hi, I only have access to a board (i.MX93) with 32 bit registers, so it would be
>> great if someone could test it for 8 bit registers.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>   drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c index
>> 1bd7ec9c81ea..7e4b3e59414a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
>> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>>   #include <linux/circ_buf.h>
>>   #include <linux/clk.h>
>>   #include <linux/console.h>
>> +#include <linux/debugfs.h>
>>   #include <linux/delay.h>
>>   #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
>>   #include <linux/dmaengine.h>
>> @@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
>>   #include <linux/pinctrl/consumer.h>
>>   #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>>   #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
>> +#include <linux/seq_file.h>
>>   #include <linux/serial_core.h>
>>   #include <linux/slab.h>
>>   #include <linux/tty_flip.h>
>> @@ -291,6 +293,8 @@ struct lpuart_port {
>>   	bool			is_cs7; /* Set to true when character size is 7
>> */
>>   					/* and the parity is enabled
>> 	*/
>>   	bool			dma_idle_int;
>> +
>> +	struct dentry		*debugfs_dir;
>>   };
>>
>>   struct lpuart_soc_data {
>> @@ -1031,6 +1035,7 @@ static void lpuart32_rxint(struct lpuart_port *sport)
>>   	}
>>
>>   out:
>> +
>>   	uart_unlock_and_check_sysrq(&sport->port);
>>
>>   	tty_flip_buffer_push(port);
>> @@ -2860,6 +2865,67 @@ static int lpuart_global_reset(struct lpuart_port
>> *sport)
>>   	return 0;
>>   }
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
>> +
>> +#define dump_register_hex(_seq, _reg, _sport) \ seq_printf((_seq),
>> +"%-12s: 0x%02x\n", #_reg, readb((_sport)->port.membase + (_reg)))
>> +
>> +#define dump_register32_hex(_seq, _reg, _sport) \ seq_printf((_seq),
>> +"%-12s: 0x%08x\n", #_reg, lpuart32_read(&(_sport)->port, _reg))
>> +
>> +static int regs_show(struct seq_file *s, void *p) {
>> +	struct lpuart_port *sport = s->private;
>> +
>> +	pm_runtime_get_sync(sport->port.dev);
>> +
>> +	if (lpuart_is_32(sport)) {
>> +		dump_register32_hex(s, UARTBAUD, sport);
>> +		dump_register32_hex(s, UARTSTAT, sport);
>> +		dump_register32_hex(s, UARTCTRL, sport);
>> +		dump_register32_hex(s, UARTMATCH, sport);
>> +		dump_register32_hex(s, UARTMODIR, sport);
>> +		dump_register32_hex(s, UARTFIFO, sport);
>> +		dump_register32_hex(s, UARTWATER, sport);
>> +	} else {
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTBDH, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTBDL, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTCR1, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTCR2, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTSR1, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTCR3, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTDR, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTCR4, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTCR5, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTMODEM, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTPFIFO, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTCFIFO, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTSFIFO, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTTWFIFO, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTTCFIFO, sport);
>> +		dump_register_hex(s, UARTRWFIFO, sport);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(sport->port.dev);
>> +	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(sport->port.dev);
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(regs);
>> +
>> +static void lpuart_init_debugfs(struct lpuart_port *sport) {
>> +	sport->debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(sport-
>>> port.dev),
>> +						NULL);
>> +
>> +	debugfs_create_file("regs", 0400, sport->debugfs_dir, sport,
>> +&regs_fops); }
>> +
>> +#else
>> +static inline void lpuart_init_debugfs(struct lpuart_port *sport) {}
>> +#endif
>> +
>>   static int lpuart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)  {
>>   	const struct lpuart_soc_data *sdata =
>> of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
>> @@ -2969,6 +3035,8 @@ static int lpuart_probe(struct platform_device
>> *pdev)
>>   	if (ret)
>>   		goto failed_irq_request;
>>
>> +	lpuart_init_debugfs(sport);
>> +
>>   	return 0;
>>
>>   failed_irq_request:
>> @@ -2987,6 +3055,7 @@ static void lpuart_remove(struct platform_device
>> *pdev)  {
>>   	struct lpuart_port *sport = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>>
>> +	debugfs_remove_recursive(sport->debugfs_dir);
>>   	uart_remove_one_port(&lpuart_reg, &sport->port);
>>
>>   	lpuart_disable_clks(sport);
>> --
>> 2.43.0




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