[PATCH net-next v7 2/2] net: wwan: mhi_wwan_ctrl: drive DTR/RTS via the IP_CTRL channel
From: Peter Hunt
Date: Tue Oct 06 2026 - 00:06:45 EST
Qualcomm/Sierra SDX55/SDX65 modems withhold unsolicited AT result codes
(URCs such as +CREG, and the +DMI OMA-DM/LwM2M session indications) on
an AT port until the host asserts DTR. mhi_wwan_ctrl exposed the AT
(DUN) ports but had no way to signal DTR, so URCs never reached
userspace.
Carry the host serial-control lines to the modem over the dedicated
IP_CTRL MHI channel, which this module now also binds. IP_CTRL uses a
separate mhi_driver with its own callbacks so the AT/QMI/MBIM data path
is untouched; the control-channel device for each MHI controller is
tracked in a small registry so an AT port drives the IP_CTRL channel of
its own modem (multiple modems are supported).
The IP_CTRL channel has to be declared in the controller's channel config
for this driver to bind. For the Sierra EM919x/EM929x this is done by
commit 83c29a55b89e ("bus: mhi: host: pci_generic: Add IP_CTRL channel
for Sierra EM919x/EM929x") in the MHI tree. On controllers that do not
declare IP_CTRL the driver does not bind and ->dtr_rts is a no-op.
The wwan core (patch 1) raises DTR/RTS on first open and drops them on
last close (if HUPCL is set) for any AT port whose driver implements
->dtr_rts, so no open/close handling is needed here. The new ->dtr_rts
op lets userspace assert or de-assert them via
TIOCMSET/TIOCMBIC/TIOCMBIS. Received device->host serial state messages
are silently discarded; a single recycled sink buffer keeps the IP_CTRL
DL ring live so the modem's transmit path does not stall.
->dtr_rts is void, following the tty_port_operations model it is modelled
on. Delivery is best-effort: at_data.mdmbits always reflects the committed
userspace intent for TIOCMGET regardless of whether the IP_CTRL message was
queued, and the next ioctl or open/close cycle will resynchronise the modem
state. If requeueing the DL sink buffer fails with a transient -ENOMEM it
is retried from a work item, so the DL ring does not stay empty.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hunt <peter.hunt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v7: Retry a failed DL sink buffer requeue from a delayed work item on
-ENOMEM, and log other failures. Note the dependency on the IP_CTRL
channel entry in pci_generic, now in the MHI tree. Both from the
Sashiko review of v6
v6: Rebase onto net-next. Allocate the IP_CTRL DL sink buffer separately
instead of embedding it in struct mhi_wwan_dtr, so DMA cache
maintenance on non-coherent platforms cannot touch neighbouring fields.
Do not requeue the sink buffer from the DL callback when the transfer
completes with an error (e.g. -ENOTCONN during channel teardown)
v5: Implement ->dtr_rts(port, mdmbits) and drive DTR and RTS
independently. Pre-queue an RX sink buffer in probe and requeue it in
the DL callback so the IP_CTRL DL ring does not run empty and stall
the modem's transmit path
v4: Add dev_dbg when IP_CTRL channel is not enumerated for this controller
and when mhi_queue_buf fails, to aid diagnosis of the "URCs missing"
case on controllers that do not declare IP_CTRL
v3: Remove is_at_port, implement ->dtr_rts instead of ->tiocmset,
open/close DTR raise/drop handled by wwan core (Loic Poulain)
---
drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_ctrl.c | 239 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 238 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_ctrl.c b/drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_ctrl.c
index a31d8540fbb8..feb9c03b6392 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_ctrl.c
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/* Copyright (c) 2021, Linaro Ltd <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxx> */
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/mhi.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/termios.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/wwan.h>
/* MHI wwan flags */
@@ -14,6 +19,32 @@ enum mhi_wwan_flags {
#define MHI_WWAN_MAX_MTU 0x8000
+/* IP_CTRL channel message that sets the modem's DTR/RTS control lines */
+struct mhi_dtr_ctrl_msg {
+ __le32 preamble;
+ __le32 msg_id;
+ __le32 dest_id;
+ __le32 size;
+ __le32 msg;
+} __packed;
+
+#define MHI_DTR_CTRL_MAGIC 0x4C525443 /* 'CTRL' */
+#define MHI_DTR_MSG_DTR BIT(0)
+#define MHI_DTR_MSG_RTS BIT(1)
+#define MHI_DTR_HOST_STATE 0x10
+
+/* Per-controller IP_CTRL channel, used to signal DTR/RTS to that modem */
+struct mhi_wwan_dtr {
+ struct mhi_controller *cntrl;
+ struct mhi_device *mhi_dev;
+ struct list_head node;
+ struct mhi_dtr_ctrl_msg *rx_buf; /* DL sink, separate allocation for DMA safety */
+ struct delayed_work rx_refill; /* retries a failed sink buffer requeue */
+};
+
+static LIST_HEAD(mhi_wwan_dtr_list);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(mhi_wwan_dtr_lock);
+
struct mhi_wwan_dev {
/* Lower level is a mhi dev, upper level is a wwan port */
struct mhi_device *mhi_dev;
@@ -103,6 +134,61 @@ static void mhi_wwan_ctrl_refill_work(struct work_struct *work)
}
}
+/* Signal the modem's DTR/RTS lines over its own controller's IP_CTRL channel */
+static int mhi_wwan_ctrl_send_dtr(struct mhi_wwan_dev *mhiwwan, unsigned int mdmbits)
+{
+ struct mhi_controller *cntrl = mhiwwan->mhi_dev->mhi_cntrl;
+ struct mhi_device *ctrl_dev = NULL;
+ struct mhi_dtr_ctrl_msg *dtr_msg;
+ struct mhi_wwan_dtr *dtr;
+ u32 msg = 0;
+ int ret;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&mhi_wwan_dtr_lock);
+
+ list_for_each_entry(dtr, &mhi_wwan_dtr_list, node) {
+ if (dtr->cntrl == cntrl) {
+ ctrl_dev = dtr->mhi_dev;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (!ctrl_dev) {
+ dev_dbg(&mhiwwan->mhi_dev->dev,
+ "IP_CTRL not enumerated; DTR/RTS not signalled to modem\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ dtr_msg = kzalloc_obj(*dtr_msg);
+ if (!dtr_msg)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ if (mdmbits & TIOCM_DTR)
+ msg |= MHI_DTR_MSG_DTR;
+ if (mdmbits & TIOCM_RTS)
+ msg |= MHI_DTR_MSG_RTS;
+
+ dtr_msg->preamble = cpu_to_le32(MHI_DTR_CTRL_MAGIC);
+ dtr_msg->msg_id = cpu_to_le32(MHI_DTR_HOST_STATE);
+ dtr_msg->dest_id = cpu_to_le32(mhiwwan->mhi_dev->ul_chan_id);
+ dtr_msg->size = cpu_to_le32(sizeof(__le32));
+ dtr_msg->msg = cpu_to_le32(msg);
+
+ ret = mhi_queue_buf(ctrl_dev, DMA_TO_DEVICE, dtr_msg, sizeof(*dtr_msg),
+ MHI_EOT);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_dbg(&mhiwwan->mhi_dev->dev,
+ "failed to queue DTR/RTS signal: %d\n", ret);
+ kfree(dtr_msg);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static void mhi_wwan_ctrl_dtr_rts(struct wwan_port *port, unsigned int mdmbits)
+{
+ mhi_wwan_ctrl_send_dtr(wwan_port_get_drvdata(port), mdmbits);
+}
+
static int mhi_wwan_ctrl_start(struct wwan_port *port)
{
struct mhi_wwan_dev *mhiwwan = wwan_port_get_drvdata(port);
@@ -163,6 +249,7 @@ static const struct wwan_port_ops wwan_pops = {
.start = mhi_wwan_ctrl_start,
.stop = mhi_wwan_ctrl_stop,
.tx = mhi_wwan_ctrl_tx,
+ .dtr_rts = mhi_wwan_ctrl_dtr_rts,
};
static void mhi_ul_xfer_cb(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev,
@@ -255,6 +342,118 @@ static void mhi_wwan_ctrl_remove(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev)
kfree(mhiwwan);
}
+/* IP_CTRL channel driver, bound separately so the data-port path is untouched */
+static void mhi_wwan_dtr_ul_xfer_cb(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev,
+ struct mhi_result *mhi_result)
+{
+ /* MHI core has done with the buffer, release it */
+ kfree(mhi_result->buf_addr);
+}
+
+/* Requeue the single DL sink buffer so the IP_CTRL DL ring never runs empty.
+ * A transient mapping failure is retried from a work item, other errors mean
+ * the channel is going away and the next probe queues a fresh buffer.
+ */
+static void mhi_wwan_dtr_queue_rx(struct mhi_wwan_dtr *dtr)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = mhi_queue_buf(dtr->mhi_dev, DMA_FROM_DEVICE, dtr->rx_buf,
+ sizeof(*dtr->rx_buf), MHI_EOT);
+ if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
+ dev_warn_ratelimited(&dtr->mhi_dev->dev,
+ "failed to requeue IP_CTRL RX buffer, retrying\n");
+ schedule_delayed_work(&dtr->rx_refill, msecs_to_jiffies(100));
+ } else if (ret) {
+ dev_dbg(&dtr->mhi_dev->dev,
+ "failed to requeue IP_CTRL RX buffer: %d\n", ret);
+ }
+}
+
+static void mhi_wwan_dtr_refill_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct mhi_wwan_dtr *dtr = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
+ struct mhi_wwan_dtr, rx_refill);
+
+ mhi_wwan_dtr_queue_rx(dtr);
+}
+
+static void mhi_wwan_dtr_dl_xfer_cb(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev,
+ struct mhi_result *mhi_result)
+{
+ struct mhi_wwan_dtr *dtr = dev_get_drvdata(&mhi_dev->dev);
+
+ /* Channel is being torn down (e.g. -ENOTCONN), do not requeue */
+ if (mhi_result->transaction_status &&
+ mhi_result->transaction_status != -EOVERFLOW)
+ return;
+
+ /* Modem serial state not needed, requeue the sink buffer to keep DL ring live */
+ mhi_wwan_dtr_queue_rx(dtr);
+}
+
+static int mhi_wwan_dtr_probe(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev,
+ const struct mhi_device_id *id)
+{
+ struct mhi_wwan_dtr *dtr;
+ int ret;
+
+ dtr = kzalloc_obj(*dtr);
+ if (!dtr)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ dtr->rx_buf = kmalloc_obj(*dtr->rx_buf);
+ if (!dtr->rx_buf) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_free_dtr;
+ }
+ INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&dtr->rx_refill, mhi_wwan_dtr_refill_work);
+
+ ret = mhi_prepare_for_transfer(mhi_dev);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_free_buf;
+
+ dtr->cntrl = mhi_dev->mhi_cntrl;
+ dtr->mhi_dev = mhi_dev;
+ dev_set_drvdata(&mhi_dev->dev, dtr);
+
+ ret = mhi_queue_buf(mhi_dev, DMA_FROM_DEVICE, dtr->rx_buf,
+ sizeof(*dtr->rx_buf), MHI_EOT);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_unprepare;
+
+ mutex_lock(&mhi_wwan_dtr_lock);
+ list_add(&dtr->node, &mhi_wwan_dtr_list);
+ mutex_unlock(&mhi_wwan_dtr_lock);
+
+ return 0;
+
+err_unprepare:
+ mhi_unprepare_from_transfer(mhi_dev);
+err_free_buf:
+ kfree(dtr->rx_buf);
+err_free_dtr:
+ kfree(dtr);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static void mhi_wwan_dtr_remove(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev)
+{
+ struct mhi_wwan_dtr *dtr = dev_get_drvdata(&mhi_dev->dev);
+
+ mutex_lock(&mhi_wwan_dtr_lock);
+ list_del(&dtr->node);
+ mutex_unlock(&mhi_wwan_dtr_lock);
+
+ mhi_unprepare_from_transfer(mhi_dev);
+ /* No DL callbacks after unprepare, and a pending retry now fails on
+ * the disabled channel without rescheduling
+ */
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dtr->rx_refill);
+ kfree(dtr->rx_buf);
+ kfree(dtr);
+}
+
static const struct mhi_device_id mhi_wwan_ctrl_match_table[] = {
{ .chan = "DUN", .driver_data = WWAN_PORT_AT },
{ .chan = "DUN2", .driver_data = WWAN_PORT_AT },
@@ -278,7 +477,45 @@ static struct mhi_driver mhi_wwan_ctrl_driver = {
},
};
-module_mhi_driver(mhi_wwan_ctrl_driver);
+static const struct mhi_device_id mhi_wwan_dtr_match_table[] = {
+ { .chan = "IP_CTRL" },
+ {},
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(mhi, mhi_wwan_dtr_match_table);
+
+static struct mhi_driver mhi_wwan_dtr_driver = {
+ .id_table = mhi_wwan_dtr_match_table,
+ .remove = mhi_wwan_dtr_remove,
+ .probe = mhi_wwan_dtr_probe,
+ .ul_xfer_cb = mhi_wwan_dtr_ul_xfer_cb,
+ .dl_xfer_cb = mhi_wwan_dtr_dl_xfer_cb,
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "mhi_wwan_dtr",
+ },
+};
+
+static int __init mhi_wwan_ctrl_init(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = mhi_driver_register(&mhi_wwan_dtr_driver);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = mhi_driver_register(&mhi_wwan_ctrl_driver);
+ if (ret)
+ mhi_driver_unregister(&mhi_wwan_dtr_driver);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+module_init(mhi_wwan_ctrl_init);
+
+static void __exit mhi_wwan_ctrl_exit(void)
+{
+ mhi_driver_unregister(&mhi_wwan_ctrl_driver);
+ mhi_driver_unregister(&mhi_wwan_dtr_driver);
+}
+module_exit(mhi_wwan_ctrl_exit);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MHI WWAN CTRL Driver");
--
2.43.0