When the .set_termios() callback resets the UART, it first waits until
all characters in the transmit FIFO have been transmitted, to prevent a
port configuration change from impacting these characters.
However, if the previous user of the UART had dedicated RTS/CTS hardware
flow control enabled, these characters may have been stuck in the FIFO
due to CTS not being asserted. When the new user opens the port,
.set_termios() is called while transmission is still disabled, leading
to an infinite loop:
NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s!
This has been observed with SCIFA (on r8a7740/armadillo) and SCIFB (on
r8a7791/koelsch).
The issue does not seem to happen when using:
- GPIO RTS/CTS hardware flow control,
- No hardware flow control,
- HSCIF (on r8a7791/koelsch).
To fix this, wait for the draining of the transmit FIFO only if
transmission is already enabled.
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
---
To reproduce:
stty -echo < /dev/scifb0
stty crtscts < /dev/scifb0
echo hello > /dev/scifb0 # returns early (wrote to FIFO)
echo hello > /dev/scifb0 # hangs
drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
index c503db1900f003ed..db5de80c5399a7bd 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -2137,9 +2137,11 @@ static void sci_reset(struct uart_port *port)
const struct plat_sci_reg *reg;
unsigned int status;
- do {
- status = serial_port_in(port, SCxSR);
- } while (!(status & SCxSR_TEND(port)));
+ if (serial_port_in(port, SCSCR) & SCSCR_TE) {
+ do {
+ status = serial_port_in(port, SCxSR);
+ } while (!(status & SCxSR_TEND(port)));
+ }
serial_port_out(port, SCSCR, 0x00); /* TE=0, RE=0, CKE1=0 */
--
1.9.1
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