linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH: 2/2] [SERIAL] avoid stalling suspend if serial port won't drain

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jan 2008 01:29:47 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH: 2/2] [SERIAL] avoid stalling suspend if serial port
 won't drain

> > Give a port 30ms to drain; this is an arbitary value chosen to avoid
> > long delays if there are many such ports in the system, while giving a
> > reasonable chance for a single port to drain.  Should a port not drain
> > within this timeout, issue a warning.

30mS is a bit short at low baud rates - could we set the timeout based on
baud + fifo size ?

ACK anyway - its clearly better than hanging if hardware flow control has
halted the uart!

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