Re: [PATCH] serial: do not call ->pm() on initialization forconsole port

From: Atsushi Nemoto
Date: Thu Oct 25 2007 - 23:37:46 EST


On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:40:44 -0700, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Now rc1 is released. Any chances for this patch?
> > If none, I should push other workaround to fix this issue on 2.6.24.
>
> I don't know what patch you're referring to. I don't appear to have
> whatever-patch-this-is queued up anywhere?

Here is an original patch I proposed (http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/18/292)

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Subject: serial: do not call ->pm() on initialization for console port
From: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

If the port was already enabled as a serial console, there is no need
to call pm callback to power it up. This patch fixes serial console
initialization on serial_txx9 driver.

Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
index 68aa4da..5a38076 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -2326,7 +2326,6 @@ int uart_add_one_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *port)
}

state->port = port;
- state->pm_state = -1;

port->cons = drv->cons;
port->info = state->info;
@@ -2336,6 +2335,7 @@ int uart_add_one_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *port)
* initialised.
*/
if (!(uart_console(port) && (port->cons->flags & CON_ENABLED))) {
+ state->pm_state = -1;
spin_lock_init(&port->lock);
lockdep_set_class(&port->lock, &port_lock_key);
}

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:36:44 +0100, Russell King <rmk+lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Further investigation" is quite a good indication that a patch needs to
> be worked on, no? In any case, I'm ill at the moment, so things are very
> much on hold.

OK, then I'd like to propose this alternative
(http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/18/301). This should be work regardless
of the patch above.

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Subject: serial: Fix serial_txx9 console initialization
From: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Now serial_core calls ->pm() on initialization even if the port was
used for console. This behaviour breaks serial_txx9 console since The
serial_txx9 driver initialize its port entirely on its ->pm() method
if new state was 0. This patch adds checking for oldstate value to
fix this probelm.

Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c b/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c
index 6846a6c..7ad2192 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c
@@ -657,7 +657,15 @@ static void
serial_txx9_pm(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int state,
unsigned int oldstate)
{
- if (state == 0)
+ /*
+ * If oldstate was -1 this is called from
+ * uart_configure_port(). In this case do not initialize the
+ * port now, because the port was already initialized (for
+ * non-console port) or should not be initialized here (for
+ * console port). If we initialized the port here we lose
+ * serial console settings.
+ */
+ if (state == 0 && oldstate != -1)
serial_txx9_initialize(port);
}


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