Re: [PATCH v2] tty: serial: msm_serial: Fix flow control

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 02:51:17PM -0700, Jeffrey Hugo wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 11:55 PM Andy Gross <agross@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 08:46:16AM -0700, Jeffrey Hugo wrote:
> > > hci_qca interfaces to the wcn3990 via a uart_dm on the msm8998 mtp and
> > > Lenovo Miix 630 laptop.  As part of initializing the wcn3990, hci_qca
> > > disables flow, configures the uart baudrate, and then reenables flow - at
> > > which point an event is expected to be received over the uart from the
> > > wcn3990.  It is observed that this event comes after the baudrate change
> > > but before hci_qca re-enables flow. This is unexpected, and is a result of
> > > msm_reset() being broken.
> > >
> > > According to the uart_dm hardware documentation, it is recommended that
> > > automatic hardware flow control be enabled by setting RX_RDY_CTL.  Auto
> > > hw flow control will manage RFR based on the configured watermark.  When
> > > there is space to receive data, the hw will assert RFR.  When the watermark
> > > is hit, the hw will de-assert RFR.
> > >
> > > The hardware documentation indicates that RFR can me manually managed via
> > > CR when RX_RDY_CTL is not set.  SET_RFR asserts RFR, and RESET_RFR
> > > de-asserts RFR.
> > >
> > > msm_reset() is broken because after resetting the hardware, it
> > > unconditionally asserts RFR via SET_RFR.  This enables flow regardless of
> > > the current configuration, and would undo a previous flow disable
> > > operation.  It should instead de-assert RFR via RESET_RFR to block flow
> > > until the hardware is reconfigured.  msm_serial should rely on the client
> > > to specify that flow should be enabled, either via mctrl() or the termios
> > > structure, and only assert RFR in response to those triggers.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 04896a77a97b ("msm_serial: serial driver for MSM7K onboard serial peripheral.")
> > > Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Hugo <jeffrey.l.hugo@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Andy Gross <agross@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Greg, can you pick this one up?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andy
> 
> Greg, will this be queued for 5.5?

Yes, catching up now...