[PATCH 02/24] serial: core: respect runtime PM when sending x_char
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 07:13:25 EST
From: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
__uart_start() calls the start_tx operation only if the port is runtime
active. Otherwise it asks for a resume, and
serial_port_runtime_resume() starts the transmitter.
uart_send_xchar() calls start_tx at once, under the port lock, whatever
the state of the device. With 8250_omap, serial8250_start_tx() then
calls pm_runtime_get_sync() for a suspended device: that sleeps, and
omap8250_runtime_resume() takes the port lock again. A tcflow(TCIOFF)
on an idle port is enough, if autosuspend has been enabled. It was
allowed as long as that driver used pm_runtime_irq_safe().
Share the part of __uart_start() that deals with runtime PM. A stopped
transmission still does not hold up an XON or XOFF character. Let a
pending x_char count as work for serial_port_runtime_resume(), and keep
the port from being suspended with it.
Fixes: 8700a7ea5519 ("serial: 8250_omap: Drop pm_runtime_irq_safe()")
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub)" <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony.lindgren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
drivers/tty/serial/serial_port.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index c0deec0e6af4..b06d2649be34 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -135,17 +135,11 @@ static void uart_stop(struct tty_struct *tty)
uart_port_unlock_deref(port, flags);
}
-static void __uart_start(struct uart_state *state)
+static void uart_port_start_tx(struct uart_port *port)
{
- struct uart_port *port = state->uart_port;
- struct serial_port_device *port_dev;
+ struct serial_port_device *port_dev = port->port_dev;
int err;
- if (!port || port->flags & UPF_DEAD || uart_tx_stopped(port))
- return;
-
- port_dev = port->port_dev;
-
/* Increment the runtime PM usage count for the active check below */
err = pm_runtime_get(&port_dev->dev);
if (err < 0 && err != -EINPROGRESS) {
@@ -164,6 +158,16 @@ static void __uart_start(struct uart_state *state)
pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&port_dev->dev);
}
+static void __uart_start(struct uart_state *state)
+{
+ struct uart_port *port = state->uart_port;
+
+ if (!port || port->flags & UPF_DEAD || uart_tx_stopped(port))
+ return;
+
+ uart_port_start_tx(port);
+}
+
static void uart_start(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct uart_state *state = tty->driver_data;
@@ -718,8 +722,9 @@ static void uart_send_xchar(struct tty_struct *tty, u8 ch)
else {
guard(uart_port_lock_irqsave)(port);
port->x_char = ch;
- if (ch)
- port->ops->start_tx(port);
+ /* It goes out even if the transmission is stopped */
+ if (ch && !(port->flags & UPF_DEAD))
+ uart_port_start_tx(port);
}
uart_port_deref(port);
}
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_port.c
index 2fc48cd63f6c..f2f7cdd3a54c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_port.c
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
/* Only considers pending TX for now. Caller must take care of locking */
static int __serial_port_busy(struct uart_port *port)
{
- return !uart_tx_stopped(port) &&
- !kfifo_is_empty(&port->state->port.xmit_fifo);
+ return port->x_char || (!uart_tx_stopped(port) &&
+ !kfifo_is_empty(&port->state->port.xmit_fifo));
}
static int serial_port_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
--
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