Re: [PATCH] cpm_uart: Fix dpram allocation and non-console uarts

[Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>]

Hi,

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 10:42:36PM -0700, Nish Aravamudan wrote:
> On 8/8/05, Kumar Gala <galak@freescale.com> wrote:
> > (A believe Marcelo would like to see this in 2.6.13, but I'll let him
> > fight over that ;)
> > 
> > * Makes dpram allocations work
> > * Makes non-console UART work on both 8xx and 82xx
> > * Fixed whitespace in files that were touched
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug <vbordug@ru.mvista.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <panto@intracom.gr>
> > Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@freescale.com>
> > 
> > ---
> > commit 1de80554bcae877dce3b6d878053eb092ef65c72
> > tree aba124824607fea1070e86501ddccc9decce362d
> > parent ad81111fd554c9d3c14c0a50885e076af2f9ac9b
> > author Kumar K. Gala <kumar.gala@freescale.com> Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:35:39 -0500
> > committer Kumar K. Gala <kumar.gala@freescale.com> Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:35:39 -0500
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
> > --- a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > @@ -376,9 +396,19 @@ static int cpm_uart_startup(struct uart_
> >                 pinfo->sccp->scc_sccm |= UART_SCCM_RX;
> >         }
> > 
> > +       if (!(pinfo->flags & FLAG_CONSOLE))
> > +               cpm_line_cr_cmd(line,CPM_CR_INIT_TRX);
> >         return 0;
> >  }
> > 
> > +inline void cpm_uart_wait_until_send(struct uart_cpm_port *pinfo)
> > +{
> > +       unsigned long target_jiffies = jiffies + pinfo->wait_closing;
> > +
> > +       while (!time_after(jiffies, target_jiffies))
> > +               schedule();
> > +}
> 
> Not sure about that call here. Does the state need to be set so that
> you won't be run again immediately? In any case, I think direct
> schedule() callers are discouraged? Do you want to call a yield() or
> schedule_timeout({0,1}) instead maybe?

Yep, schedule_timeout(pinfo->wait_closing) looks much better.

> >  /*
> >   * Shutdown the uart
> >   */
> > @@ -394,6 +424,12 @@ static void cpm_uart_shutdown(struct uar
> > 
> >         /* If the port is not the console, disable Rx and Tx. */
> >         if (!(pinfo->flags & FLAG_CONSOLE)) {
> > +               /* Wait for all the BDs marked sent */
> > +               while(!cpm_uart_tx_empty(port))
> > +                       schedule_timeout(2);
> 
> <snip>
> 
> I think you are using 2 jiffies to guarantee that at least one jiffy
> elapses, which is fine. But, if you do not set the state beforehand,
> schedule_timeout() returns immediately, so you have a busy-wait here.

Right, what about the following untested patch.

diff --git a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
--- a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
@@ -403,10 +403,9 @@ static int cpm_uart_startup(struct uart_
 
 inline void cpm_uart_wait_until_send(struct uart_cpm_port *pinfo)
 {
-	unsigned long target_jiffies = jiffies + pinfo->wait_closing;
-
-	while (!time_after(jiffies, target_jiffies))
-   		schedule();
+	set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	schedule_timeout(pinfo->wait_closing);
+	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -425,9 +424,13 @@ static void cpm_uart_shutdown(struct uar
 	/* If the port is not the console, disable Rx and Tx. */
 	if (!(pinfo->flags & FLAG_CONSOLE)) {
 		/* Wait for all the BDs marked sent */
-		while(!cpm_uart_tx_empty(port))
+		while(!cpm_uart_tx_empty(port)) {
+			set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 			schedule_timeout(2);
-		if(pinfo->wait_closing)
+		}
+		set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
+		if (pinfo->wait_closing)
 			cpm_uart_wait_until_send(pinfo);
 
 		/* Stop uarts */