linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/15] tty: serial: 8250: omap: add dma support

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Date:	Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:39:22 +0200
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
CC:	balbi@...com, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul@...an.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/15] tty: serial: 8250: omap: add dma support

On 09/01/2014 07:47 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> Comparing it with serial-omap I see the same thing: I takes approx the
> same amount of data until the first one is displayed. After a lot of
> "long" writes which wake the chip up from idle I manage to freeze both,
> the serial-omap driver and mine driver.

So after some testing:
- it happens with omap-serial as well. Especially after disabling the
  LED trigger for both LEDs.

- it seemed that disabling the MDR1 check whether or not we lost
  context made the problem appear less often but it was a trick. Even
  with restoring the context each time I see the same problem.

- it seems to be easier to trigger with the LED trigger switched off.
  However sometimes it works for 10 minutes, sometimes it triggers
  after one.

- I see to face two kind of "deaths":
  - the LED still goes on and off and the uart just does not respond
    even if I tell the button print something on the screen (the button
    also changes the frequency of the LED so I know that the button is
    doing something).
    Also from dumping the content of /proc/interrupts it seems that a
    wake up is made, the uart should have restored the registers.

  - one where the system is dead and the LED does not blink anymore.
    Also my button is dead.

- disabling DMA makes the problem not go away.

- mdelay(25) in omap8250_lost_context() is long enough to drop the 403
  bytes I send in my testcase. That means I see only "good" characters.
  With this the box remained alive for 2h. However the uart died anyway.

>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tony
>>
> 

Sebastian

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