linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 071/120] Clearing FIFOs in RS485 emulation mode causes subsequent transmits to break

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2017 11:46:29 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Jedrychowski <avistel@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 071/120] Clearing FIFOs in RS485 emulation mode causes subsequent transmits to break

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Daniel Jedrychowski <avistel@...il.com>

commit 2bed8a8e70729f996af92042d3ad0f11870acc1f upstream.

When in RS485 emulation mode, __do_stop_tx_rs485() calls
serial8250_clear_fifos().  This not only clears the FIFOs, but also sets
all bits in their control register (UART_FCR) to 0.

One of the effects of this is the disabling of the FIFOs, which turns
them into single-byte holding registers.  The rest of the driver doesn't
know this, which results in the lions share of characters passed into a
write call to be dropped.

(I can supply logic analyzer screenshots if necessary)

This fix replaces the serial8250_clear_fifos() call to
serial8250_clear_and_reinit_fifos() - this prevents the "dropped
characters" issue from manifesting again while retaining the requirement
of clearing the RX FIFO after transmission if the SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX
flag is disabled.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Jedrychowski <avistel@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ static void __do_stop_tx_rs485(struct ua
 	 * Enable previously disabled RX interrupts.
 	 */
 	if (!(p->port.rs485.flags & SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX)) {
-		serial8250_clear_fifos(p);
+		serial8250_clear_and_reinit_fifos(p);

 		p->ier |= UART_IER_RLSI | UART_IER_RDI;
 		serial_port_out(&p->port, UART_IER, p->ier);