Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] serial: sh-sci: Fix deadlock during RSCI FIFO overrun error

From: Geert Uytterhoeven

Date: Thu Nov 06 2025 - 11:51:40 EST


Hi Biju,

On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 at 09:21, Biju <biju.das.au@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> On RSCI IP, a deadlock occurs during a FIFO overrun error, as it uses a
> different register to clear the FIFO overrun error status.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 0666e3fe95ab ("serial: sh-sci: Add support for RZ/T2H SCI")
> Signed-off-by: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/rsci.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/rsci.c
> @@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ static const struct sci_port_params_bits rsci_port_param_bits = {
> .rxtx_enable = CCR0_RE | CCR0_TE,
> .te_clear = CCR0_TE | CCR0_TEIE,
> .poll_sent_bits = CSR_TDRE | CSR_TEND,
> + .overrun_clr = CFCLR_ORERC,
> };
>
> static const struct sci_port_params rsci_port_params = {
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci-common.h b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci-common.h
> index e3c028df14f1..bcdb41ddc15d 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci-common.h
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci-common.h
> @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct sci_port_params_bits {
> unsigned int rxtx_enable;
> unsigned int te_clear;
> unsigned int poll_sent_bits;
> + unsigned int overrun_clr;

I don't really see a need to add this field, as there are two alternatives...

> };
>
> struct sci_common_regs {
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
> index 62bb62b82cbe..b33894d0273b 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
> @@ -1024,8 +1024,12 @@ static int sci_handle_fifo_overrun(struct uart_port *port)
>
> status = s->ops->read_reg(port, s->params->overrun_reg);
> if (status & s->params->overrun_mask) {
> - status &= ~s->params->overrun_mask;
> - s->ops->write_reg(port, s->params->overrun_reg, status);
> + if (s->type == SCI_PORT_RSCI) {
> + s->ops->clear_SCxSR(port, s->params->param_bits->overrun_clr);

1. You can just use CFCLR_ORERC directly here,
2. All of the CFCLR_*C clearing bits match the corresponding CSR_*
status bits, so you could do without the former, and thus use
params->overrun_mask here, too.

> + } else {
> + status &= ~s->params->overrun_mask;
> + s->ops->write_reg(port, s->params->overrun_reg, status);
> + }
>
> port->icount.overrun++;
>

BTW, how is this related to "[PATCH] tty: serial: sh-sci: fix RSCI
FIFO overrun handling" [1], which is already applied (and which I
still don't fully understand the big picture behind. I'll reply there)?

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/20250923154707.1089900-1-cosmin-gabriel.tanislav.xa@xxxxxxxxxxx
commit ef8fef45c74b5a00 ("tty: serial: sh-sci: fix RSCI FIFO
overrun handling") in v6.18-rc3.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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