linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] serial: 8250_dw: Fix common clocks usage race condition

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:47:08 +0300
From:   Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
CC:     Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
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        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@...kalelectronics.ru>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] serial: 8250_dw: Fix common clocks usage race
 condition

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 11:29:36AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 1:50 AM Serge Semin
> <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru> wrote:
> >
> > The race condition may happen if the UART reference clock is shared with
> > some other device (on Baikal-T1 SoC it's another DW UART port). In this
> > case if that device changes the clock rate while serial console is using
> > it the DW 8250 UART port might not only end up with an invalid uartclk
> > value saved, but may also experience a distorted output data since
> > baud-clock could have been changed. In order to fix this lets at least
> > try to adjust the 8250 port setting like UART clock rate in case if the
> > reference clock rate change is discovered. The driver will call the new
> > method to update 8250 UART port clock rate settings. It's done by means of
> > the clock event notifier registered at the port startup and unregistered
> > in the shutdown callback method.
> >
> > Note 1. In order to avoid deadlocks we had to execute the UART port update
> > method in a dedicated deferred work. This is due to (in my opinion
> > redundant) the clock update implemented in the dw8250_set_termios()
> > method.
> > Note 2. Before the ref clock is manually changed by the custom
> > set_termios() function we swap the port uartclk value with new rate
> > adjusted to be suitable for the requested baud. It is necessary in
> > order to effectively disable a functionality of the ref clock events
> > handler for the current UART port, since uartclk update will be done
> > a bit further in the generic serial8250_do_set_termios() function.
> 
> So, regarding runtime PM...
> 
> > +static void dw8250_clk_work_cb(struct work_struct *work)
> > +{
> > +       struct dw8250_data *d = work_to_dw8250_data(work);
> > +       struct uart_8250_port *up;
> > +       unsigned long rate;
> > +
> > +       rate = clk_get_rate(d->clk);
> > +       if (rate <= 0)
> > +               return;
> > +
> 
> > +       up = serial8250_get_port(d->data.line);
> 

> (Btw, this can be done directly in the definition block above.)

I would have done like you said if serial8250_get_port() was an inline or
macro. But since it's a normal exported function I'd leave the invocation
here, since calling it takes though small but still some time.

> 
> > +       serial8250_update_uartclk(&up->port, rate);
> 
> This I think should require a device to be powered on. What in your
> opinion is a better place to have it done?

> To me it looks like serial8250_update_uartclk() misses it.

Right. the PM thing should be there similarly to the rest of the serial8250
methods. I'll add the serial8250_rpm_get(up) and serial8250_rpm_put(up)
functions invocation around the divisor update clause, like it's done in the
serial8250_do_set_termios() method.

Thanks for noticing this.

-Sergey

> 
> > +}
> 
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko