linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.5 024/150] USB: serial: ch341: fix receiver regression

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Date:   Thu, 27 Feb 2020 14:36:01 +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, Jakub Nantl <jn@...ever.cz>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.5 024/150] USB: serial: ch341: fix receiver regression

From: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>

commit 7c3d02285ad558691f27fde760bcd841baa27eab upstream.

While assumed not to make a difference, not using the factor-2 prescaler
makes the receiver more susceptible to errors.

Specifically, there have been reports of problems with devices that
cannot generate a 115200 rate with a smaller error than 2.1% (e.g.
117647 bps). But this can also be reproduced with a low-speed RS232
tranceiver at 115200 when the input rate matches the nominal rate.

So whenever possible, enable the factor-2 prescaler and halve the
divisor in order to use settings closer to that of the previous
algorithm.

Fixes: 35714565089e ("USB: serial: ch341: reimplement line-speed handling")
Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>	# 5.5
Reported-by: Jakub Nantl <jn@...ever.cz>
Tested-by: Jakub Nantl <jn@...ever.cz>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/usb/serial/ch341.c |   10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ch341.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ch341.c
@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ static int ch341_get_divisor(speed_t spe
 			16 * speed - 16 * CH341_CLKRATE / (clk_div * (div + 1)))
 		div++;
 
+	/*
+	 * Prefer lower base clock (fact = 0) if even divisor.
+	 *
+	 * Note that this makes the receiver more tolerant to errors.
+	 */
+	if (fact == 1 && div % 2 == 0) {
+		div /= 2;
+		fact = 0;
+	}
+
 	return (0x100 - div) << 8 | fact << 2 | ps;
 }