linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tty v1 24/74] serial: digicolor: Use port lock wrappers

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:13:03 +0300
From:   Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>,
        Richard GENOUD <richard.genoud@...il.com>,
        Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH tty v1 24/74] serial: digicolor: Use port lock wrappers

Hi John,

On Thu, Sep 14 2023, John Ogness wrote:
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>
> When a serial port is used for kernel console output, then all
> modifications to the UART registers which are done from other contexts,
> e.g. getty, termios, are interference points for the kernel console.
>
> So far this has been ignored and the printk output is based on the
> principle of hope. The rework of the console infrastructure which aims to
> support threaded and atomic consoles, requires to mark sections which
> modify the UART registers as unsafe. This allows the atomic write function
> to make informed decisions and eventually to restore operational state. It
> also allows to prevent the regular UART code from modifying UART registers
> while printk output is in progress.
>
> All modifications of UART registers are guarded by the UART port lock,
> which provides an obvious synchronization point with the console
> infrastructure.
>
> To avoid adding this functionality to all UART drivers, wrap the
> spin_[un]lock*() invocations for uart_port::lock into helper functions
> which just contain the spin_[un]lock*() invocations for now. In a
> subsequent step these helpers will gain the console synchronization
> mechanisms.
>
> Converted with coccinelle. No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

Acked-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>

Thanks,
baruch

> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/digicolor-usart.c | 18 +++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/digicolor-usart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/digicolor-usart.c
> index 128b5479e813..5004125f3045 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/digicolor-usart.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/digicolor-usart.c
> @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void digicolor_uart_rx(struct uart_port *port)
>  {
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
> +	uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &flags);
>  
>  	while (1) {
>  		u8 status, ch, ch_flag;
> @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static void digicolor_uart_rx(struct uart_port *port)
>  				 ch_flag);
>  	}
>  
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
> +	uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);
>  
>  	tty_flip_buffer_push(&port->state->port);
>  }
> @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static void digicolor_uart_tx(struct uart_port *port)
>  	if (digicolor_uart_tx_full(port))
>  		return;
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
> +	uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &flags);
>  
>  	if (port->x_char) {
>  		writeb_relaxed(port->x_char, port->membase + UA_EMI_REC);
> @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static void digicolor_uart_tx(struct uart_port *port)
>  		uart_write_wakeup(port);
>  
>  out:
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
> +	uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);
>  }
>  
>  static irqreturn_t digicolor_uart_int(int irq, void *dev_id)
> @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static void digicolor_uart_set_termios(struct uart_port *port,
>  		port->ignore_status_mask |= UA_STATUS_OVERRUN_ERR
>  			| UA_STATUS_PARITY_ERR | UA_STATUS_FRAME_ERR;
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
> +	uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &flags);
>  
>  	uart_update_timeout(port, termios->c_cflag, baud);
>  
> @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static void digicolor_uart_set_termios(struct uart_port *port,
>  	writeb_relaxed(divisor & 0xff, port->membase + UA_HBAUD_LO);
>  	writeb_relaxed(divisor >> 8, port->membase + UA_HBAUD_HI);
>  
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
> +	uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);
>  }
>  
>  static const char *digicolor_uart_type(struct uart_port *port)
> @@ -398,14 +398,14 @@ static void digicolor_uart_console_write(struct console *co, const char *c,
>  	int locked = 1;
>  
>  	if (oops_in_progress)
> -		locked = spin_trylock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
> +		locked = uart_port_trylock_irqsave(port, &flags);
>  	else
> -		spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
> +		uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &flags);
>  
>  	uart_console_write(port, c, n, digicolor_uart_console_putchar);
>  
>  	if (locked)
> -		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
> +		uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);
>  
>  	/* Wait for transmitter to become empty */
>  	do {


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