linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty/serial_core: Introduce lock mechanism for RS485

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Message-ID: <CAPybu_1kwSRfe33H9cFO_DgstP8VW=z_AcqZhhs0iQX89Mmbag@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:03:00 +0200
From:	Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@...il.com>
To:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty/serial_core: Introduce lock mechanism for RS485

Hello Nicolas

>
> I have the feeling that moving the code chunk that uses this new
> variable (rs485_enabled) here ...
>
>>       ret = uart_add_one_port(&atmel_uart, &port->uart);
>>       if (ret)
>>               goto err_add_port;
>> @@ -2574,7 +2572,7 @@ static int atmel_serial_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>       device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, 1);
>>       platform_set_drvdata(pdev, port);
>>
>> -     if (port->uart.rs485.flags & SER_RS485_ENABLED) {
>> +     if (rs485_enabled) {
>>               UART_PUT_MR(&port->uart, ATMEL_US_USMODE_NORMAL);
>>               UART_PUT_CR(&port->uart, ATMEL_US_RTSEN);
>>       }
>
> ... (this one ^^^) up where you can test the SER_RS485_ENABLED, can be
> even simpler.
>
> otherwise, it seems good so you can add my:
>
> Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
>
> Thanks.

I supposed that the code needs to be initialized with rs485 disabled
and then enable it. Also I did not want to change the behaviour a
driver in a patch that involves 3 other drivers. If you don't mind I
prefer that this is added to a separated patch.

Thanks
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