Re: [PATCH] serial: sh-sci: Make sure status register SCxSR is read in correct sequence

[Lad, Prabhakar]

Hi Geert,

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:43 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Prabhakar,
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 5:58 PM Prabhakar Mahadev Lad
> <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 7:17 PM Kazuhiro Fujita
> > > <kazuhiro.fujita.jg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > For SCIF and HSCIF interfaces the SCxSR register holds the status of
> > > > data that is to be read next from SCxRDR register, But where as for
> > > > SCIFA and SCIFB interfaces SCxSR register holds status of data that is
> > > > previously read from SCxRDR register.
> > > >
> > > > This patch makes sure the status register is read depending on the port
> > > > types so that errors are caught accordingly.
> > > >
> > > > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Kazuhiro Fujita <kazuhiro.fujita.jg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Hao Bui <hao.bui.yg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: KAZUMI HARADA <kazumi.harada.rh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > > Nevertheless, this patch will need some testing on various hardware.
> > > Do you have a test case to verify the broken/fixed behavior?
> > >
> > Agreed, its been tested on RZ/G2x & RZ/G1x  by doing a loopback test, configure one interface as CS8 mode(8-bits data, No parity) and other as CS7 mode (7-bits data, 1-bit Parity) and parity errors should be detected.
>
> This can easily be tested on the console.  Basic testing can even be
> done with an unmodified kernel, as there is already a "parity error"
> notice message in the driver.
>
> Enable even parity on the console:
>
> $ stty evenp
>
> (use "oddp" for odd parity, and invert all below)
>
> Typing e.g. a single "p" should trigger a parity error.
> Typing "o" shouldn't.
> Without this patch, no parity error is detected on SCIF.
>
> Likewise, pasting a sequence of "p" characters should trigger a lot of
> parity errors, "o" shouldn't.
> Without this patch, parity errors are detected on SCIF, except for the
> first character.
>
> For more advanced testing, make the following change to the driver:
>
> - dev_notice(port->dev, "parity error\n");
> + dev_notice(port->dev, "parity error for char 0x%02x hweight %u\n",
> c, hweight8(c));
>
> Pasting an alternating sequence of "p" and "o" characters should trigger
> parity errors for the "p" characters.
> Without this patch, they are triggered for the "o" characters instead.
>
Thank you that makes life easier.

> With this patch, the issues above are fixed on SCIF.
> This has been verified on:
>   1. SCIF on R-Car Gen 2,
>   2. SCIF on R-Car Gen3
>   3. SCIF on RZ/A1H,
>   4. SCIF on RZ/A2M.
>
Thank you for the testing.

> However, I also tried this on HSCIF on R-Car Gen3, where I cannot
> trigger parity errors at all.
> Parabhakar: have you tried HSCIF on RZ/G1 and RZ/G2? Can you trigger
> parity errors on HSCIF?
>
I couldnt test this in RZ/Gx as the hscif interface is connected to
wifi, but I did manage to trigger this
on M3N following are the steps:
1: Set console as ttySC1 in booatargs
2: The login console will come up on both SC0&1
3: Login through SC0
4: Append securetty file: echo ttySC1 >> /etc/securetty
5: Login through SC1 (CN26 on M3N)
6:  And finally I repeated your steps using stty on SC1 (CN26) to
introduce parity error.

> This has been regression-tested on:
>   1. SCIFA on SH-Mobile AG5, R-Mobile A1, and R-Mobile APE6.
>
> I haven't tested it yet on:
>   1. SCIFB on SH/R-Mobile (needs wiring up),
>   2. SCIFA, SCIFB, and HSCIF on R-Car Gen2 (needs wiring up),
>   3. (H)SCIF on R-Car Gen1 (remote boards unaccessible at the moment),
>   4. SuperH (only remote Migo-R available, but unaccessible).
>
> I can test 1 and 2 (and perhaps 3 and 4) later, if needed.
probably testing this on SuperH is gonna be a pain due to lack of
hardware availability,
(it needs to be tested on 19 platforms)
how about #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_RENESAS || CONFIG_H8300 and the fix ?

Cheers,
--Prabhakar

> Thanks!
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                         Geert
>
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