From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Strahinja Mitrovic <smitrovic.work@gmail.com>
Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: Question regarding kernel?
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 10:35:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191116093531.GA408484@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACKXqjy=xAjTgNbKOPru7SHX9dfGinJz-pLYie0S+vHtWxj9Sg@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 08:40:41AM +0100, Strahinja Mitrovic wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm a new subscriber, and i have a question regarding the uart driver and
> kernel.
> How does uart driver reset the counter of input serial line interrupts?
It does not.
> I'm currently using ioct with TIOCGICOUNT on linux for retrieving counts of
> input serial line interrupts.
>
> The counts are written to the serial_icounter_struct.
>
> Most data fields are 32-bit integers.
>
> What happens if a number of counts for a certain input line is greater then
> 32-bit integer value?
Then it will roll-over.
> Does a system refresh counter on daily basis automatically?
I do not understand the question. These values are tracked by the
individual tty/serial driver for the chip being referenced. When
userspace asks for the values, they are sent. You have to ask the
driver for them in order to be able to see them, but they are kept up to
date internally to the kernel while the port is active.
> Is there a way to reset a counter so that starts again from 0?
Why would you want to reset one of these values? They are to be read,
not modified. What are you doing with them in userspace to have any of
them actually cause you to do something different based on them?
thanks,
greg k-h
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2019-11-15 7:40 Question regarding kernel? Strahinja Mitrovic
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