[PATCH tty v1 11/74] serial: 8250_mtk: Use port lock wrappers

[Chen-Yu Tsai]

On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 2:38 AM John Ogness <john.ogness at linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
>
> When a serial port is used for kernel console output, then all
> modifications to the UART registers which are done from other contexts,
> e.g. getty, termios, are interference points for the kernel console.
>
> So far this has been ignored and the printk output is based on the
> principle of hope. The rework of the console infrastructure which aims to
> support threaded and atomic consoles, requires to mark sections which
> modify the UART registers as unsafe. This allows the atomic write function
> to make informed decisions and eventually to restore operational state. It
> also allows to prevent the regular UART code from modifying UART registers
> while printk output is in progress.
>
> All modifications of UART registers are guarded by the UART port lock,
> which provides an obvious synchronization point with the console
> infrastructure.
>
> To avoid adding this functionality to all UART drivers, wrap the
> spin_[un]lock*() invocations for uart_port::lock into helper functions
> which just contain the spin_[un]lock*() invocations for now. In a
> subsequent step these helpers will gain the console synchronization
> mechanisms.
>
> Converted with coccinelle. No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>

Replacements look correct.

Reviewed-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst at chromium.org>