When flushing the serial port's buffer, uart_flush_buffer() calls
kfifo_reset() but if there is an outstanding DMA transfer then the
completion function will consume data from the kfifo via
uart_xmit_advance(), underflowing and leading to ongoing DMA as the
driver tries to transmit another 2^32 bytes.
This is readily reproduced with serial-generic and amidi sending even
short messages as closing the device on exit will wait for the fifo to
drain and in the underflow case amidi hangs for 30 seconds on exit in
tty_wait_until_sent(). A trace of that gives:
kworker/1:1-84 [001] 51.769423: bprint: serial8250_tx_dma: tx_size=3 fifo_len=3
amidi-763 [001] 51.769460: bprint: uart_flush_buffer: resetting fifo
irq/21-fe530000-76 [000] 51.769474: bprint: __dma_tx_complete: tx_size=3
irq/21-fe530000-76 [000] 51.769479: bprint: serial8250_tx_dma: tx_size=4096 fifo_len=4294967293
irq/21-fe530000-76 [000] 51.781295: bprint: __dma_tx_complete: tx_size=4096
irq/21-fe530000-76 [000] 51.781301: bprint: serial8250_tx_dma: tx_size=4096 fifo_len=4294963197
irq/21-fe530000-76 [000] 51.793131: bprint: __dma_tx_complete: tx_size=4096
irq/21-fe530000-76 [000] 51.793135: bprint: serial8250_tx_dma: tx_size=4096 fifo_len=4294959101
irq/21-fe530000-76 [000] 51.804949: bprint: __dma_tx_complete: tx_size=4096
Since the port lock is held in when the kfifo is reset in
uart_flush_buffer() and in __dma_tx_complete(), adding a flush_buffer
hook to adjust the outstanding DMA byte count is sufficient to avoid the
kfifo underflow.
Fixes: 9ee4b83e51 ("serial: 8250: Add support for dmaengine")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: John Keeping <jkeeping@inmusicbrands.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250208124148.1189191-1-jkeeping@inmusicbrands.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The documentation of the __uart_read_properties() states that
->iotype member is always altered after the function call, but
the code doesn't do that in the case when use_defaults == false
and the value of reg-io-width is unsupported. Make sure the code
follows the documentation.
Note, the current users of the uart_read_and_validate_port_properties()
will fail and the change doesn't affect their behaviour, neither
users of uart_read_port_properties() will be affected since the
alteration happens there even in the current code flow.
Fixes: e894b6005d ("serial: port: Introduce a common helper to read properties")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250124161530.398361-3-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Pull driver core and debugfs updates from Greg KH:
"Here is the big set of driver core and debugfs updates for 6.14-rc1.
Included in here is a bunch of driver core, PCI, OF, and platform rust
bindings (all acked by the different subsystem maintainers), hence the
merge conflict with the rust tree, and some driver core api updates to
mark things as const, which will also require some fixups due to new
stuff coming in through other trees in this merge window.
There are also a bunch of debugfs updates from Al, and there is at
least one user that does have a regression with these, but Al is
working on tracking down the fix for it. In my use (and everyone
else's linux-next use), it does not seem like a big issue at the
moment.
Here's a short list of the things in here:
- driver core rust bindings for PCI, platform, OF, and some i/o
functions.
We are almost at the "write a real driver in rust" stage now,
depending on what you want to do.
- misc device rust bindings and a sample driver to show how to use
them
- debugfs cleanups in the fs as well as the users of the fs api for
places where drivers got it wrong or were unnecessarily doing
things in complex ways.
- driver core const work, making more of the api take const * for
different parameters to make the rust bindings easier overall.
- other small fixes and updates
All of these have been in linux-next with all of the aforementioned
merge conflicts, and the one debugfs issue, which looks to be resolved
"soon""
* tag 'driver-core-6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (95 commits)
rust: device: Use as_char_ptr() to avoid explicit cast
rust: device: Replace CString with CStr in property_present()
devcoredump: Constify 'struct bin_attribute'
devcoredump: Define 'struct bin_attribute' through macro
rust: device: Add property_present()
saner replacement for debugfs_rename()
orangefs-debugfs: don't mess with ->d_name
octeontx2: don't mess with ->d_parent or ->d_parent->d_name
arm_scmi: don't mess with ->d_parent->d_name
slub: don't mess with ->d_name
sof-client-ipc-flood-test: don't mess with ->d_name
qat: don't mess with ->d_name
xhci: don't mess with ->d_iname
mtu3: don't mess wiht ->d_iname
greybus/camera - stop messing with ->d_iname
mediatek: stop messing with ->d_iname
netdevsim: don't embed file_operations into your structs
b43legacy: make use of debugfs_get_aux()
b43: stop embedding struct file_operations into their objects
carl9170: stop embedding file_operations into their objects
...
In the sh-sci driver, serial ports are mapped to the sci_ports[] array,
with earlycon mapped at index zero.
The uart_add_one_port() function eventually calls __device_attach(),
which, in turn, calls pm_request_idle(). The identified code path is as
follows:
uart_add_one_port() ->
serial_ctrl_register_port() ->
serial_core_register_port() ->
serial_core_port_device_add() ->
serial_base_port_add() ->
device_add() ->
bus_probe_device() ->
device_initial_probe() ->
__device_attach() ->
// ...
if (dev->p->dead) {
// ...
} else if (dev->driver) {
// ...
} else {
// ...
pm_request_idle(dev);
// ...
}
The earlycon device clocks are enabled by the bootloader. However, the
pm_request_idle() call in __device_attach() disables the SCI port clocks
while earlycon is still active.
The earlycon write function, serial_console_write(), calls
sci_poll_put_char() via serial_console_putchar(). If the SCI port clocks
are disabled, writing to earlycon may sometimes cause the SR.TDFE bit to
remain unset indefinitely, causing the while loop in sci_poll_put_char()
to never exit. On single-core SoCs, this can result in the system being
blocked during boot when this issue occurs.
To resolve this, increment the runtime PM usage counter for the earlycon
SCI device before registering the UART port.
Fixes: 0b0cced19a ("serial: sh-sci: Add CONFIG_SERIAL_EARLYCON support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250116182249.3828577-6-claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The early_console_setup() function initializes sci_ports[0].port with an
object of type struct uart_port obtained from the struct earlycon_device
passed as an argument to early_console_setup().
Later, during serial port probing, the serial port used as earlycon
(e.g., port A) might be remapped to a different position in the sci_ports[]
array, and a different serial port (e.g., port B) might be assigned to slot
0. For example:
sci_ports[0] = port B
sci_ports[X] = port A
In this scenario, the new port mapped at index zero (port B) retains the
data associated with the earlycon configuration. Consequently, after the
Linux boot process, any access to the serial port now mapped to
sci_ports[0] (port B) will block the original earlycon port (port A).
To address this, introduce an early_console_exit() function to clean up
sci_ports[0] when earlycon is exited.
To prevent the cleanup of sci_ports[0] while the serial device is still
being used by earlycon, introduce the struct sci_port::probing flag and
account for it in early_console_exit().
Fixes: 0b0cced19a ("serial: sh-sci: Add CONFIG_SERIAL_EARLYCON support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250116182249.3828577-5-claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kgdb_nmi_poll_knock() has been unused since it was added in 2013 in
commit 0c57dfcc6c ("tty/serial: Add kgdb_nmi driver")
Remove it, the static helpers, and module parameters it used.
(The comment explaining why it might be used sounds sensible, but
it's never been wired up, perhaps it's worth doing somewhere?)
Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@treblig.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250112135759.105541-1-linux@treblig.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
lockdep detects the following circular locking dependency:
CPU 0 CPU 1
========================== ============================
cdns_uart_isr() printk()
uart_port_lock(port) console_lock()
cdns_uart_console_write()
if (!port->sysrq)
uart_port_lock(port)
uart_handle_break()
port->sysrq = ...
uart_handle_sysrq_char()
printk()
console_lock()
The fixed commit attempts to avoid this situation by only taking the
port lock in cdns_uart_console_write if port->sysrq unset. However, if
(as shown above) cdns_uart_console_write runs before port->sysrq is set,
then it will try to take the port lock anyway. This may result in a
deadlock.
Fix this by splitting sysrq handling into two parts. We use the prepare
helper under the port lock and defer handling until we release the lock.
Fixes: 74ea66d4ca ("tty: xuartps: Improve sysrq handling")
Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@linux.dev>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # c980248179: serial: xilinx_uartps: Use port lock wrappers
Acked-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250110213822.2107462-1-sean.anderson@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
We need the debugfs / driver-core fixes in here as well for testing and
to build on top of.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Implement the necessary callbacks to switch the 8250 console driver
to perform as an nbcon console.
Add implementations for the nbcon console callbacks:
->write_atomic()
->write_thread()
->device_lock()
->device_unlock()
and add CON_NBCON to the initial @flags.
All register access in the callbacks are within unsafe sections.
The ->write_atomic() and ->write_thread() callbacks allow safe
handover/takeover per byte and add a preceding newline if they
take over from another context mid-line.
For the ->write_atomic() callback, a new irq_work is used to defer
modem control since it may be called from a context that does not
allow waking up tasks.
Note: A new __serial8250_clear_IER() is introduced for direct
clearing of UART_IER. This will allow to restore the lockdep
check to serial8250_clear_IER() in a follow-up commit.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250107212702.169493-6-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
For RS485 mode, if SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX is not available, the
console ->write() callback needs to enable/disable Tx. It does
this by calling the ->rs485_start_tx() and ->rs485_stop_tx()
callbacks. However, some of these callbacks also disable/enable
interrupts and makes power management calls. This causes 2
problems for console writing:
1. A console write can occur in contexts that are illegal for
pm_runtime_*(). It is not even necessary for console writing
to use pm_runtime_*() because a console already does this in
serial8250_console_setup() and serial8250_console_exit().
2. The console ->write() callback already handles
disabling/enabling the interrupts by properly restoring the
previous IER value.
Add an argument @toggle_ier to the ->rs485_start_tx() and
->rs485_stop_tx() callbacks to specify if they may disable/enable
receive interrupts while using pm_runtime_*(). Console writing
will not allow the toggling.
For all call sites other than console writing there is no
functional change.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250107212702.169493-5-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Currently serial8250_console_fifo_write() directly writes into
the UART_TX register rather than using the high-level function
serial8250_console_putchar(). This is because
serial8250_console_putchar() waits for the holding register to
become empty, which would defeat the purpose of the FIFO code.
Move the LSR_THRE waiting to a new function
serial8250_console_wait_putchar() so that the FIFO code can use
serial8250_console_putchar(). This will be particularly important
for a follow-up commit, where output bytes are inspected to track
newlines.
This is only refactoring and has no functional change.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250107212702.169493-4-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
