linux-kernel - [PATCH V3 1/3] serial: stm32: remove infinite loop possibility in putchar function

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Date:   Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:53:28 +0200
From:   Valentin Caron <valentin.caron@...s.st.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Valentin Caron <valentin.caron@...s.st.com>,
        <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH V3 1/3] serial: stm32: remove infinite loop possibility in putchar function

Rework stm32_usart_console_putchar() function in order to anticipate
the case where the character can never be sent.

Signed-off-by: Valentin Caron <valentin.caron@...s.st.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c | 12 +++++++++---
 drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c
index f886976daef6..9910a18779af 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c
@@ -1640,10 +1640,16 @@ static void stm32_usart_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, unsigned char ch
 {
 	struct stm32_port *stm32_port = to_stm32_port(port);
 	const struct stm32_usart_offsets *ofs = &stm32_port->info->ofs;
+	u32 isr;
+	int ret;
 
-	while (!(readl_relaxed(port->membase + ofs->isr) & USART_SR_TXE))
-		cpu_relax();
-
+	ret = readl_relaxed_poll_timeout_atomic(port->membase + ofs->isr, isr,
+						(isr & USART_SR_TXE), 100,
+						STM32_USART_TIMEOUT_USEC);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		dev_err(port->dev, "Error while sending data in UART TX : %d\n", ret);
+		return;
+	}
 	writel_relaxed(ch, port->membase + ofs->tdr);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.h b/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.h
index feab952aec16..d734c4a5fd24 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.h
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.h
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ struct stm32_usart_info stm32h7_info = {
 #define RX_BUF_P (RX_BUF_L / 2)	 /* dma rx buffer period     */
 #define TX_BUF_L RX_BUF_L	 /* dma tx buffer length     */
 
+#define STM32_USART_TIMEOUT_USEC USEC_PER_SEC /* 1s timeout in µs */
+
 struct stm32_port {
 	struct uart_port port;
 	struct clk *clk;
-- 
2.25.1