When a serial port is used for kernel console output, then all
modifications to the UART registers which are done from other contexts,
e.g. getty, termios, are interference points for the kernel console.
So far this has been ignored and the printk output is based on the
principle of hope. The rework of the console infrastructure which aims to
support threaded and atomic consoles, requires to mark sections which
modify the UART registers as unsafe. This allows the atomic write function
to make informed decisions and eventually to restore operational state. It
also allows to prevent the regular UART code from modifying UART registers
while printk output is in progress.
All modifications of UART registers are guarded by the UART port lock,
which provides an obvious synchronization point with the console
infrastructure.
To avoid adding this functionality to all UART drivers, wrap the
spin_[un]lock*() invocations for uart_port::lock into helper functions
which just contain the spin_[un]lock*() invocations for now. In a
subsequent step these helpers will gain the console synchronization
mechanisms.
Converted with coccinelle. No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230914183831.587273-58-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
We want to enable runtime PM for serial port device drivers in a generic
way. To do this, we want to have the serial core layer manage the
registered physical serial controller devices.
To manage serial controllers, let's set up a struct bus and struct device
for the serial core controller as suggested by Greg and Jiri. The serial
core controller devices are children of the physical serial port device.
The serial core controller device is needed to support multiple different
kind of ports connected to single physical serial port device.
Let's also set up a struct device for the serial core port. The serial
core port instances are children of the serial core controller device.
With the serial core port device we can now flush pending TX on the
runtime PM resume as suggested by Johan.
Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Suggested-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230525113034.46880-1-tony@atomide.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
