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* [PATCH 0/4] tty/serial: atmel: rework tasklets and shutdown sequence
@ 2016-06-17 10:05 Nicolas Ferre
  2016-06-17 10:05 ` [RESEND PATCH 1/4] tty/serial: atmel: re-integrate status check in irq handler Nicolas Ferre
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From: Nicolas Ferre @ 2016-06-17 10:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg Kroah-Hartman, linux-arm-kernel, Alexandre Belloni, linux-serial
  Cc: linux-kernel, Boris BREZILLON, Ludovic Desroches, Nicolas Ferre

We experienced some issues with how the atmel_serial driver was dealing with
tasklets.
First, a single tasklet was used for both RX and TX paths which was leading to
calling DMA residue checking routines frequently without reason. So I split the
RX and TX paths with one tasklet for each.
Secondly, as we experienced some deadlocks, I reinforced the shutdown function
of this driver by following the recommended sequence that is described
here:
https://lwn.net/Articles/588457/

The first 3 patches have already been posted on May 12th. The 4th patch is
built on top of them, this is why make a series with them...

Bye,


Ludovic Desroches (1):
  tty/serial: atmel: add comment for the ring buffer size macro

Nicolas Ferre (3):
  tty/serial: atmel: re-integrate status check in irq handler
  tty/serial: atmel: split tx and rx paths
  tty/serial: atmel: enforce tasklet init and termination sequences

 drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 129 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

-- 
2.9.0

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2016-06-17 10:05 ` [RESEND PATCH 2/4] tty/serial: atmel: split tx and rx paths Nicolas Ferre
2016-06-17 10:05 ` [RESEND PATCH 3/4] tty/serial: atmel: add comment for the ring buffer size macro Nicolas Ferre
2016-06-17 10:05 ` [PATCH 4/4] tty/serial: atmel: enforce tasklet init and termination sequences Nicolas Ferre
2016-06-25 20:39   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-06-26  7:44     ` [PATCH v2] " Nicolas Ferre

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