Thread (16 messages) 16 messages, 4 authors, 2013-12-10

[PATCH v2] serial: 8250_dw: Improve unwritable LCR workaround

From: Ezequiel Garcia <hidden>
Date: 2013-12-10 12:11:51
Also in: linux-serial, lkml

Hi Tim, James:

On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 04:42:23PM -0800, Tim Kryger wrote:
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:59 PM, James Hogan [off-list ref] wrote:
[..]
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
index 4658e3e..5f096c7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ static void dw8250_serial_out(struct uart_port *p,
int offset, int value)
        if (offset == UART_LCR) {
                int tries = 1000;
                while (tries--) {
-                       if (value == p->serial_in(p, UART_LCR))
+                       unsigned int lcr = p->serial_in(p, UART_LCR);
+                       if ((value & ~UART_LCR_SPAR) == (lcr & ~UART_LCR_SPAR))
                                return;
                        dw8250_force_idle(p);
                        writeb(value, p->membase + (UART_LCR << p->regshift));
@@ -132,7 +133,8 @@ static void dw8250_serial_out32(struct uart_port
*p, int offset, int value)
        if (offset == UART_LCR) {
                int tries = 1000;
                while (tries--) {
-                       if (value == p->serial_in(p, UART_LCR))
+                       unsigned int lcr = p->serial_in(p, UART_LCR);
+                       if ((value & ~UART_LCR_SPAR) == (lcr & ~UART_LCR_SPAR))
                                return;
                        dw8250_force_idle(p);
                        writel(value, p->membase + (UART_LCR << p->regshift));


Would you mind posting this for proper review so we can get the fix in?
Applying this change fixes all the problems I reported (just did a quick test on
the board I have currently on my desk).

Nice work!
-- 
Ezequiel Garc?a, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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