On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 08:57:09AM -0400, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> The patch 92d7223a74235054f2aa7227d207d9c57f84dca0 ("alpha: io: reorder
> barriers to guarantee writeX() and iowriteX() ordering #2") broke boot on
> the Alpha Avanti platform.
>
> The patch changes timing between accesses to the ISA bus, in particular,
> it reduces the time between "write" access and a subsequent "read" access.
>
> This causes lock-up when accessing the real time clock and serial ports.
>
> This patch fixes the serial ports by adding a small delay before the "inb"
> instruction.
>
> We introduce a global variable
> alpha_has_broken_serial_ports_and_needs_delay - it is defined on Alpha and
> it is set to 1 if we have the specific PCI-ISA bridge where this bug
> occurs. We also introduce a new per-port flag UPQ_DELAY_BEFORE_READ, the
> flag is set if alpha_has_broken_serial_ports_and_needs_delay is set and if
> the serial port is an ISA port.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 92d7223a7423 ("alpha: io: reorder barriers to guarantee writeX() and iowriteX() ordering #2")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.17+
>
> ---
> arch/alpha/include/asm/serial.h | 5 +++++
> arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c | 5 +++++
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 17 +++++++++++------
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c | 3 +++
> include/linux/serial_core.h | 1 +
> 5 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-stable/arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-stable.orig/arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c 2020-05-07 09:57:02.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-stable/arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c 2020-05-07 14:30:07.000000000 +0200
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/syscalls.h>
> #include <asm/machvec.h>
> +#include <asm/serial.h>
>
> #include "proto.h"
> #include "pci_impl.h"
> @@ -61,9 +62,13 @@ struct pci_controller *pci_isa_hose;
> * Quirks.
> */
>
> +int alpha_has_broken_serial_ports_and_needs_delay = 0;
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(alpha_has_broken_serial_ports_and_needs_delay);
> +
> static void quirk_isa_bridge(struct pci_dev *dev)
> {
> dev->class = PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_ISA << 8;
> + alpha_has_broken_serial_ports_and_needs_delay = 1;
> }
> DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82378, quirk_isa_bridge);
>
> Index: linux-stable/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-stable.orig/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c 2020-05-07 09:57:02.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-stable/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c 2020-05-07 09:57:02.000000000 +0200
> @@ -442,6 +442,9 @@ static unsigned int mem32be_serial_in(st
>
> static unsigned int io_serial_in(struct uart_port *p, int offset)
> {
> + if (unlikely(p->quirks & UPQ_DELAY_BEFORE_READ))
> + ndelay(300);
> +
> offset = offset << p->regshift;
> return inb(p->iobase + offset);
> }
> Index: linux-stable/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-stable.orig/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c 2020-05-07 09:57:02.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-stable/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c 2020-05-07 14:34:16.000000000 +0200
> @@ -487,9 +487,20 @@ static void univ8250_rsa_support(struct
> #define univ8250_rsa_support(x) do { } while (0)
> #endif /* CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RSA */
>
> +/*
> + * This "device" covers _all_ ISA 8250-compatible serial devices listed
> + * in the table in include/asm/serial.h
> + */
> +static struct platform_device *serial8250_isa_devs;
> +
> static inline void serial8250_apply_quirks(struct uart_8250_port *up)
> {
> up->port.quirks |= skip_txen_test ? UPQ_NO_TXEN_TEST : 0;
> +#ifdef alpha_has_broken_serial_ports_and_needs_delay
That is a symbol, not a define, how does that work?
greg k-h
