Re: moxa serial driver testing

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Fri Dec 22 2006 - 20:44:16 EST


osv@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Jiri,
>
> I've figured out that both old and new mxser drivers have two similar
> problems:
>
> 1. When there are data coming to a port, sometimes opening of the port
> entirely locks the box. This is quite reproducible. Any idea what's
> wrong and how can I help to debug it?

Could you test the patch below, if something changes?

---

drivers/char/mxser_new.c | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c b/drivers/char/mxser_new.c
index a2bca5d..c0af201 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mxser_new.c
@@ -2268,6 +2268,8 @@ static irqreturn_t mxser_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
if (bits & irqbits)
continue;
port = &brd->ports[i];
+ if (!(port->flags & ASYNC_INITIALIZED))
+ continue;

int_cnt = 0;
do {
@@ -2320,9 +2322,9 @@ static irqreturn_t mxser_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
if (status & UART_LSR_THRE)
mxser_transmit_chars(port);
}
- } while (int_cnt++ < MXSER_ISR_PASS_LIMIT);
+ } while (int_cnt++ < 256);
}
- if (pass_counter++ > MXSER_ISR_PASS_LIMIT)
+ if (pass_counter++ > 64)
break; /* Prevent infinite loops */
}

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