Re: Regression since 4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4

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Hi Nuno,

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 8:46 AM Nuno Gonçalves <nunojpg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have since found that I am affected by two apparently different
> regressions since 5.3.
>
> 4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4 is only confirmed to affect
> me on a omap8250 where the issue is that there are a few char errors
> every few seconds. I can't confirm if chars are added, removed or
> changed, for now I only can confirm my state machine looses tracking.

Can you see kernel warnings about an overrun on OMAP UART?

> I will make a separate report from the problem identified on sunxi.
>
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 7:59 AM Nuno Gonçalves <nunojpg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 32 bit arm platforms (am335x and sunxi) I get unexpected bytes on
> > serial ports after this commit.
> >
> > I use CTS (so: for input flow control).
> >
> > I've observed two different issues, one where I get just a few missed
> > or added bytes about once a minute, and another where I get totally
> > unexpected chars until I reopen the port.
> >
> > I will have a hard time to analyse and give a better description of
> > how exactly the port is failing, so maybe you have a idea of what is
> > the issue with this patch.
> >
> > I've reverted this on top of 5.3.1 and consistently got the issue fixed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nuno
> >
> > commit 4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4
> > Author: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date:   Thu Jun 20 08:24:20 2019 +0200
> >
> >     tty/serial/8250: use mctrl_gpio helpers
> >
> >     This patch permits the usage for GPIOs to control
> >     the CTS/RTS/DTR/DSR/DCD/RI signals.
> >
> >     Changed by Stefan:
> >     Only call mctrl_gpio_init(), if the device has no ACPI companion device
> >     to not break existing ACPI based systems. Also only use the mctrl_gpio_
> >     functions when "gpios" is available.
> >
> >     Use MSR / MCR <-> TIOCM wrapper functions.
> >
> >     Signed-off-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr@xxxxxxx>
> >     Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Tested-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Cc: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Cc: Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Cc: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>




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