linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: sc16is7xx: mark IOCONTROL register as volatile

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Date:   Thu, 25 May 2023 00:08:59 -0400
From:   Hugo Villeneuve <hugo@...ovil.com>
To:     Hugo Villeneuve <hugo@...ovil.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: sc16is7xx: mark IOCONTROL register as volatile

On Wed, 17 May 2023 10:17:46 -0400
Hugo Villeneuve <hugo@...ovil.com> wrote:

> From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>
> 
> Bit SRESET (3) is cleared when a reset operation is completed. Having
> the IOCONTROL register as non-volatile will always read SRESET as 1.
> Therefore mark IOCONTROL register as a volatile register.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
> index 00054bb49780..a7c4da3cfd2b 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
> @@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ static bool sc16is7xx_regmap_volatile(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg)
>  	case SC16IS7XX_TXLVL_REG:
>  	case SC16IS7XX_RXLVL_REG:
>  	case SC16IS7XX_IOSTATE_REG:
> +	case SC16IS7XX_IOCONTROL_REG:
>  		return true;
>  	default:
>  		break;
> -- 
> 2.30.2
 
This patch is now integrated in the following series:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/5/25/7