Re: [PATCH] cpm_uart: Fix dpram allocation and non-console uarts

From: Marcelo Tosatti
Date: Sun Aug 21 2005 - 16:18:46 EST


Hi,

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 10:42:36PM -0700, Nish Aravamudan wrote:
> On 8/8/05, Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > (A believe Marcelo would like to see this in 2.6.13, but I'll let him
> > fight over that ;)
> >
> > * Makes dpram allocations work
> > * Makes non-console UART work on both 8xx and 82xx
> > * Fixed whitespace in files that were touched
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug <vbordug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <panto@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> > commit 1de80554bcae877dce3b6d878053eb092ef65c72
> > tree aba124824607fea1070e86501ddccc9decce362d
> > parent ad81111fd554c9d3c14c0a50885e076af2f9ac9b
> > author Kumar K. Gala <kumar.gala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:35:39 -0500
> > committer Kumar K. Gala <kumar.gala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:35:39 -0500
>
> <snip>
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
> > --- a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
>
> <snip>
>
> > @@ -376,9 +396,19 @@ static int cpm_uart_startup(struct uart_
> > pinfo->sccp->scc_sccm |= UART_SCCM_RX;
> > }
> >
> > + if (!(pinfo->flags & FLAG_CONSOLE))
> > + cpm_line_cr_cmd(line,CPM_CR_INIT_TRX);
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > +inline void cpm_uart_wait_until_send(struct uart_cpm_port *pinfo)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long target_jiffies = jiffies + pinfo->wait_closing;
> > +
> > + while (!time_after(jiffies, target_jiffies))
> > + schedule();
> > +}
>
> Not sure about that call here. Does the state need to be set so that
> you won't be run again immediately? In any case, I think direct
> schedule() callers are discouraged? Do you want to call a yield() or
> schedule_timeout({0,1}) instead maybe?

Yep, schedule_timeout(pinfo->wait_closing) looks much better.

> > /*
> > * Shutdown the uart
> > */
> > @@ -394,6 +424,12 @@ static void cpm_uart_shutdown(struct uar
> >
> > /* If the port is not the console, disable Rx and Tx. */
> > if (!(pinfo->flags & FLAG_CONSOLE)) {
> > + /* Wait for all the BDs marked sent */
> > + while(!cpm_uart_tx_empty(port))
> > + schedule_timeout(2);
>
> <snip>
>
> I think you are using 2 jiffies to guarantee that at least one jiffy
> elapses, which is fine. But, if you do not set the state beforehand,
> schedule_timeout() returns immediately, so you have a busy-wait here.

Right, what about the following untested patch.

diff --git a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
--- a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
@@ -403,10 +403,9 @@ static int cpm_uart_startup(struct uart_

inline void cpm_uart_wait_until_send(struct uart_cpm_port *pinfo)
{
- unsigned long target_jiffies = jiffies + pinfo->wait_closing;
-
- while (!time_after(jiffies, target_jiffies))
- schedule();
+ set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ schedule_timeout(pinfo->wait_closing);
+ set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
}

/*
@@ -425,9 +424,13 @@ static void cpm_uart_shutdown(struct uar
/* If the port is not the console, disable Rx and Tx. */
if (!(pinfo->flags & FLAG_CONSOLE)) {
/* Wait for all the BDs marked sent */
- while(!cpm_uart_tx_empty(port))
+ while(!cpm_uart_tx_empty(port)) {
+ set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
schedule_timeout(2);
- if(pinfo->wait_closing)
+ }
+ set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
+ if (pinfo->wait_closing)
cpm_uart_wait_until_send(pinfo);

/* Stop uarts */
-
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