Re: [PATH RESEND v2 03/10] tty: xuartps: Always enable transmitter in start_tx

[Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>]

On 11/19/2015 03:02 PM, Soren Brinkmann wrote:
> start_tx must start transmitting characters. Regardless of the state of
> the circular buffer, always enable the transmitter hardware.

Why?

Does cdns_uart_stop_tx() actually stop the transmitter so that
data remains in the transmitter?

> Signed-off-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> index 2c98c357d9a0..df6778d17949 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> @@ -512,9 +512,6 @@ static void cdns_uart_start_tx(struct uart_port *port)
>  {
>  	unsigned int status, numbytes = port->fifosize;
>  
> -	if (uart_circ_empty(&port->state->xmit) || uart_tx_stopped(port))
> -		return;

The test for tx stopped needs to remain; otherwise, transmission will
restart even if the tty has been stopped (for example by userspace
or IXON software flow control).

Regards,
Peter Hurley

> -
>  	/*
>  	 * Set the TX enable bit and clear the TX disable bit to enable the
>  	 * transmitter.
> @@ -524,6 +521,9 @@ static void cdns_uart_start_tx(struct uart_port *port)
>  	status |= CDNS_UART_CR_TX_EN;
>  	writel(status, port->membase + CDNS_UART_CR_OFFSET);
>  
> +	if (uart_circ_empty(&port->state->xmit) || uart_tx_stopped(port))
> +		return;
> +
>  	while (numbytes-- && ((readl(port->membase + CDNS_UART_SR_OFFSET) &
>  				CDNS_UART_SR_TXFULL)) != CDNS_UART_SR_TXFULL) {
>  		/* Break if no more data available in the UART buffer */
>