[PATCH] tty: amba-pl011: Fix spurious TX interrupts

[Jayachandran C <jnair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On SMP systems, we see a lot of spurious TX interrupts when a
program generates a steady stream of output to the pl011 UART.

The problem can be easily seen when one CPU generates the output
while another CPU handles the pl011 interrupts, and the rate of
output is low enough not to fill the TX FIFO. The problem seems
to be:

    -- CPU a --                        -- CPU b --
   (take port lock)
   pl011_start_tx
      pl011_start_tx_pio
         enable TXIM in REG_IMSC   ->  causes uart tx intr (pl011_int)
         pl011_tx_chars                pl011_int
            ...tx chars, all done...       (wait for port lock)
            pl011_stop_tx                   .
               disable TXIM                 .
    (release port lock)            ->      (take port lock)
                                           check for TXIM, not enabled
                                           (release port lock)
                                           return IRQ_NONE

Enabling the TXIM in pl011_start_tx_pio() causes the interrupt
to be generated and delivered to CPU b, even though pl011_tx_chars()
is able to complete the TX and then disable the tx interrupt.

Fix this by enabling TXIM only after pl011_tx_chars, if it is needed.
pl011_tx_chars will return a boolean indicating whether the TX
interrupts have to be enabled.

Debugged-by: Vijaya Kumar <Vijaya.Kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jayachandran C <jnair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
index 56f92d7..424dff7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
@@ -1327,14 +1327,15 @@ static void pl011_stop_tx(struct uart_port *port)
 	pl011_dma_tx_stop(uap);
 }
 
-static void pl011_tx_chars(struct uart_amba_port *uap, bool from_irq);
+static bool pl011_tx_chars(struct uart_amba_port *uap, bool from_irq);
 
 /* Start TX with programmed I/O only (no DMA) */
 static void pl011_start_tx_pio(struct uart_amba_port *uap)
 {
-	uap->im |= UART011_TXIM;
-	pl011_write(uap->im, uap, REG_IMSC);
-	pl011_tx_chars(uap, false);
+	if (pl011_tx_chars(uap, false)) {
+		uap->im |= UART011_TXIM;
+		pl011_write(uap->im, uap, REG_IMSC);
+	}
 }
 
 static void pl011_start_tx(struct uart_port *port)
@@ -1414,25 +1415,26 @@ static bool pl011_tx_char(struct uart_amba_port *uap, unsigned char c,
 	return true;
 }
 
-static void pl011_tx_chars(struct uart_amba_port *uap, bool from_irq)
+/* Returns true if tx interrupts have to be (kept) enabled  */
+static bool pl011_tx_chars(struct uart_amba_port *uap, bool from_irq)
 {
 	struct circ_buf *xmit = &uap->port.state->xmit;
 	int count = uap->fifosize >> 1;
 
 	if (uap->port.x_char) {
 		if (!pl011_tx_char(uap, uap->port.x_char, from_irq))
-			return;
+			return true;
 		uap->port.x_char = 0;
 		--count;
 	}
 	if (uart_circ_empty(xmit) || uart_tx_stopped(&uap->port)) {
 		pl011_stop_tx(&uap->port);
-		return;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	/* If we are using DMA mode, try to send some characters. */
 	if (pl011_dma_tx_irq(uap))
-		return;
+		return true;
 
 	do {
 		if (likely(from_irq) && count-- == 0)
@@ -1447,8 +1449,11 @@ static void pl011_tx_chars(struct uart_amba_port *uap, bool from_irq)
 	if (uart_circ_chars_pending(xmit) < WAKEUP_CHARS)
 		uart_write_wakeup(&uap->port);
 
-	if (uart_circ_empty(xmit))
+	if (uart_circ_empty(xmit)) {
 		pl011_stop_tx(&uap->port);
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
 }
 
 static void pl011_modem_status(struct uart_amba_port *uap)
-- 
2.7.4

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