Re: Re: [PATCH V3] serial/uart/8250: Add tunable RX interrupt trigger I/F of FIFO buffers

[Yoshihiro YUNOMAE <yoshihiro.yunomae.ez@hitachi.com>]

Hi Alan,

Thank you for your reply.

(2014/03/14 21:04), One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
>> @@ -2325,10 +2323,19 @@ serial8250_do_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
>>   		if ((baud < 2400 && !up->dma) || fifo_bug) {
>>   			fcr &= ~UART_FCR_TRIGGER_MASK;
>>   			fcr |= UART_FCR_TRIGGER_1;
>> +			/* Don't use user setting RX trigger */
>> +			up->fcr = 0;
>
> This breaks
>
> 	set fcr via sysfs
> 	set baud rate below 2400
> 	set baud rate higher
>
> If baud < 2400 and the user has set a value then probably we should honour

OK, I'll add !up->fcr in this flow as follows:

/* NOTE: If fifo_bug is not set, a user can set RX trigger. */
if ((baud < 2400 && !up->dma && !up->fcr) || fifo_bug) {
      fcr &= ~UART_TRIGGER_MASK;
      fcr |= UART_FCR_TRIGGER_1;
      up->fcr = 0;
}

> it. If fifo_bug is set then we should never honour it (and should perhaps
> eventually error it in the sysfs set).

When fifo_bug is set to "1", we need to check not only
whether (up->bugs & UART_BUG_PARITY) but whether parity is enabled.
We can check whether parity is enable only in this function currently,
so I think we need to store fifo_bug's value into up->fifo_bug and
refer it in the sysfs set(do_set_rx_int_trig()) as follows:

@do_set_rx_int_trig()
     if (!(up->capabilities & UART_CAP_FIFO) || uport->fifosize <= 1
         || (up->fifo_bug & UART_BUG_PARITY))
         return -EINVAL;

>
>> +static unsigned char convert_fcr2val(struct uart_8250_port *up,
>> +				     unsigned char fcr)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned char val = 0, trig_raw = fcr & UART_FCR_TRIGGER_MASK;
>> +
>> +	switch (up->port.type) {
>> +	case PORT_16550A:
>> +		if (trig_raw == UART_FCR_R_TRIG_00)
>> +			val = 1;
>> +		else if (trig_raw == UART_FCR_R_TRIG_01)
>> +			val = 4;
>> +		else if (trig_raw == UART_FCR_R_TRIG_10)
>> +			val = 8;
>> +		else if (trig_raw == UART_FCR_R_TRIG_11)
>> +			val = 14;
>> +		break;
>
> Surely the default case should be returning 1 not 0 ?

In the default case, it returns "0" meaning error because "1" has
other meaning (1 byte RX trigger). But, "0" is not instinctive value for
the error, so it should return -EOPNOTSUPP here.

>
>> +static int convert_val2rxtrig(struct uart_8250_port *up, unsigned char val)
>> +{
>> +	switch (up->port.type) {
>> +	case PORT_16550A:
>> +		if (val == 1)
>> +			return UART_FCR_R_TRIG_00;
>> +		else if (val == 4)
>> +			return UART_FCR_R_TRIG_01;
>> +		else if (val == 8)
>> +			return UART_FCR_R_TRIG_10;
>> +		else if (val == 14)
>> +			return UART_FCR_R_TRIG_11;
>
> What happens if you specify a meaningless value. Doing exact matching
> means that you have to know the hardware exactly. How about
>
> 	if (val < 4)
> 		return UART_FCR_R_TRIG_00;
> 	else if (val < 8)
> 		return UART_FCR_R_TRIG_01;
> 	else if (val < 14)
> 		return UART_FCR_R_TRIG_10;
> 	else
> 		return UART_FCR_R_TRIG_11;
>
> so you get the nearest lower value that the hardware can provide ?

It is a good idea. I was concerned about the same thing which users
must know the HW exactly.

I'll implement it as you say.

>> +		break;
>> +	default:
>> +		pr_info("Not support RX-trigger setting for this serial %u\n",
>> +			up->port.type);
>
> That lets users spew into the logs. I think actually you just want
>
> 	default:
> 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;

OK, I'll use this.

Thank you,

Yoshihiro YUNOMAE

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Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: yoshihiro.yunomae.ez@hitachi.com