linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250_of: Fix for lack of interrupt support

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Message-ID: <3ceebf21-7de2-dbd7-fffe-f5e805b5abab@huawei.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Aug 2018 20:50:59 +0100
From:   John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:     <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
CC:     <jslaby@...e.com>, <robh@...nel.org>, <joel@....id.au>,
        <kurt@...utronix.de>, <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250_of: Fix for lack of interrupt support

On 29/08/2018 16:07, John Garry wrote:
> In commit c58caaab3bf8 ("serial: 8250: of: Defer probe on missing IRQ"), a
> check was added for the UART driver being probed prior to the parent IRQ
> controller.
>
> Unfortunately this breaks certain boards which have no interrupt support,
> like Huawei D03.
>
> Indeed, the 8250 DT bindings state that interrupts should be supported -
> not must.
>
> To fix, switch from irq_of_parse_and_map() to of_irq_get(), which
> does relay whether the IRQ host controller domain is not ready, i.e.
> defer probe, instead of assuming it.
>
> Fixes: c58caaab3bf8 ("serial: 8250: of: Defer probe on missing IRQ")
> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
> ---
> Note: I think that it would better if we could try to get the interrupt
> 	  before clk+pm enabling, so we don't need to disable later when
> 	  deferring, but this is not a fix.
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
> index af8beef..c370e776 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int of_platform_serial_setup(struct platform_device *ofdev,
>  	struct resource resource;
>  	struct device_node *np = ofdev->dev.of_node;
>  	u32 clk, spd, prop;
> -	int ret;
> +	int ret, irq;
>
>  	memset(port, 0, sizeof *port);
>
> @@ -143,21 +143,27 @@ static int of_platform_serial_setup(struct platform_device *ofdev,
>  	if (ret >= 0)
>  		port->line = ret;
>
> -	port->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
> -	if (!port->irq) {
> -		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
> -		goto err_unprepare;
> +	irq = of_irq_get(np, 0);
> +	if (irq < 0) {
> +		if (port->irq == -EPROBE_DEFER) {

This check is not corrrct. It should be:
		if (irq == -EPROBE_DEFER) {

I'll send a v2.

@Alexander Sverdlin, Can you test this also please?

Thanks,
John

> +			ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
> +			goto err_unprepare;
> +		}
> +		/* IRQ support not mandatory */
> +		irq = 0;
>  	}
>
> +	port->irq = irq;
> +
>  	info->rst = devm_reset_control_get_optional_shared(&ofdev->dev, NULL);
>  	if (IS_ERR(info->rst)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(info->rst);
> -		goto err_dispose;
> +		goto err_unprepare;
>  	}
>
>  	ret = reset_control_deassert(info->rst);
>  	if (ret)
> -		goto err_dispose;
> +		goto err_unprepare;
>
>  	port->type = type;
>  	port->uartclk = clk;
> @@ -184,8 +190,6 @@ static int of_platform_serial_setup(struct platform_device *ofdev,
>  		port->handle_irq = fsl8250_handle_irq;
>
>  	return 0;
> -err_dispose:
> -	irq_dispose_mapping(port->irq);
>  err_unprepare:
>  	clk_disable_unprepare(info->clk);
>  err_pmruntime:
>