Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] tty: Add software emulated RS485 support for 8250

Matwey V. Kornilov
2015-11-17T10:26:00Z

2015-11-17 12:24 GMT+03:00 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>:
> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 05:33:56PM +0300, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote:
>> +static void serial8250_start_tx(struct uart_port *port)
>> +{
>> + struct uart_8250_port *up = up_to_u8250p(port);
>> + __u32 delay;
>> +
>> + serial8250_rpm_get_tx(up);
>> +
>> + if (timer_pending(&up->rs485_start_tx_timer))
>> + return;
>
> I think this is wrong (or at least suboptimal). The .start_tx callback
> can be called even if transmission is already ongoing. In this case you
> don't want to restart the rs485_start_tx_timer.

If I understand you correctly, this maybe suboptimal but not wrong.
Calling .start_tx during transmission will lead to call
serial8250_rs485_start_tx which will return 0 because RTS is already
in proper state, and then __start_tx will be called immediately. Just
as it happens now.

>
>> + if ((delay = serial8250_rs485_start_tx(up))) {
>> + mod_timer(&up->rs485_start_tx_timer, jiffies + delay * HZ / 1000);
>> + } else {
>> + __start_tx(port);
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> [...]
>> diff --git a/include/linux/serial_8250.h b/include/linux/serial_8250.h
>> index faa0e03..c4905e7 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/serial_8250.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/serial_8250.h
>> @@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ struct uart_8250_ops {
>> struct uart_8250_port {
>> struct uart_port port;
>> struct timer_list timer; /* "no irq" timer */
>> + struct timer_list rs485_start_tx_timer; /* "rs485 start tx" timer */
>> + struct timer_list rs485_stop_tx_timer; /* "rs485 stop tx" timer */
>
> Do you really need two timers here? At each point in time there should
> only be at most one of them active.

You are right, only one is active. Having two timers is implicit way
to store the state ('starting' or 'stopping'). I don't think that this
is the worst way.

>
> Best regards
> Uwe
>
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With best regards,
Matwey V. Kornilov.
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
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