On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 01:33:44PM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote: > We can use the prep_tx() call to wake up an idle serial port. This allows > ust to remove the depedency to pm_runtime_irq_safe() for 8250_omap driver > in the following patches. > > Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c > @@ -1650,6 +1650,29 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart serial8250_em485_handle_start_tx(struct hrtimer *t) > return HRTIMER_NORESTART; > } > > +static int serial8250_prep_tx(struct uart_port *port) > +{ > + struct uart_8250_port *up = up_to_u8250p(port); > + struct device *dev = up->port.dev; > + int err; > + > + if (!(up->capabilities & UART_CAP_RPM)) > + return 0; > + > + if (!pm_runtime_suspended(dev)) { > + pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(dev); > + return 0; > + } > + > + err = pm_request_resume(dev); > + if (err < 0) { > + dev_warn(dev, "prep_tx wakeup failed: %d\n", err); > + return err; > + } How is this supposed to work without a runtime PM usage-counter increment? What's to prevent the port from suspending again while it's transmitting? > + > + return -EINPROGRESS; > +} Johan