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Date:   Mon, 21 Oct 2019 09:26:10 -0700
From:   Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
To:     Jeffrey Hugo <jeffrey.l.hugo@...il.com>
Cc:     agross@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jslaby@...e.com,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tty: serial: msm_serial: Fix flow control

On Mon 21 Oct 08:46 PDT 2019, Jeffrey Hugo wrote:

> hci_qca interfaces to the wcn3990 via a uart_dm on the msm8998 mtp and
> Lenovo Miix 630 laptop.  As part of initializing the wcn3990, hci_qca
> disables flow, configures the uart baudrate, and then reenables flow - at
> which point an event is expected to be received over the uart from the
> wcn3990.  It is observed that this event comes after the baudrate change
> but before hci_qca re-enables flow. This is unexpected, and is a result of
> msm_reset() being broken.
> 
> According to the uart_dm hardware documentation, it is recommended that
> automatic hardware flow control be enabled by setting RX_RDY_CTL.  Auto
> hw flow control will manage RFR based on the configured watermark.  When
> there is space to receive data, the hw will assert RFR.  When the watermark
> is hit, the hw will de-assert RFR.
> 
> The hardware documentation indicates that RFR can me manually managed via
> CR when RX_RDY_CTL is not set.  SET_RFR asserts RFR, and RESET_RFR
> de-asserts RFR.
> 
> msm_reset() is broken because after resetting the hardware, it
> unconditionally asserts RFR via SET_RFR.  This enables flow regardless of
> the current configuration, and would undo a previous flow disable
> operation.  It should instead de-assert RFR via RESET_RFR to block flow
> until the hardware is reconfigured.  msm_serial should rely on the client
> to specify that flow should be enabled, either via mctrl() or the termios
> structure, and only assert RFR in response to those triggers.
> 
> Fixes: 04896a77a97b ("msm_serial: serial driver for MSM7K onboard serial peripheral.")
> Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Hugo <jeffrey.l.hugo@...il.com>

Looks good!

Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>

> ---
> 
> v2:
> -mask out RX_RDY_CTL in msm_reset() to close a small race window for RFR
> 
>  drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
> index 3657a24913fc..00964b6e4ac1 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
> @@ -980,6 +980,7 @@ static unsigned int msm_get_mctrl(struct uart_port *port)
>  static void msm_reset(struct uart_port *port)
>  {
>  	struct msm_port *msm_port = UART_TO_MSM(port);
> +	unsigned int mr;
>  
>  	/* reset everything */
>  	msm_write(port, UART_CR_CMD_RESET_RX, UART_CR);
> @@ -987,7 +988,10 @@ static void msm_reset(struct uart_port *port)
>  	msm_write(port, UART_CR_CMD_RESET_ERR, UART_CR);
>  	msm_write(port, UART_CR_CMD_RESET_BREAK_INT, UART_CR);
>  	msm_write(port, UART_CR_CMD_RESET_CTS, UART_CR);
> -	msm_write(port, UART_CR_CMD_SET_RFR, UART_CR);
> +	msm_write(port, UART_CR_CMD_RESET_RFR, UART_CR);
> +	mr = msm_read(port, UART_MR1);
> +	mr &= ~UART_MR1_RX_RDY_CTL;
> +	msm_write(port, mr, UART_MR1);
>  
>  	/* Disable DM modes */
>  	if (msm_port->is_uartdm)
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>