Re: [PATCH] serial: Clear UPF_DEAD before calling tty_port_register_device_attr_serdev()

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On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 5:16 PM Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If a serdev_device_driver is already loaded for a serdev_tty_port when it
> gets registered by tty_port_register_device_attr_serdev() then that
> driver's probe() method will be called immediately.
>
> The serdev_device_driver's probe() method should then be able to call
> serdev_device_open() successfully, but because UPF_DEAD is still dead
> serdev_device_open() will fail with -ENXIO in this scenario:
>
>   serdev_device_open()
>   ctrl->ops->open()     /* this callback being ttyport_open() */
>   tty->ops->open()      /* this callback being uart_open() */
>   tty_port_open()
>   port->ops->activate() /* this callback being uart_port_activate() */
>   Find bit UPF_DEAD is set in uport->flags and fail with errno -ENXIO.
>
> Fix this be clearing UPF_DEAD before tty_port_register_device_attr_serdev()
> note this only moves up the UPD_DEAD clearing a small bit, before:
>
>   tty_port_register_device_attr_serdev();
>   mutex_unlock(&tty_port.mutex);
>   uart_port.flags &= ~UPF_DEAD;
>   mutex_unlock(&port_mutex);
>
> after:
>
>   uart_port.flags &= ~UPF_DEAD;
>   tty_port_register_device_attr_serdev();
>   mutex_unlock(&tty_port.mutex);
>   mutex_unlock(&port_mutex);

I guess I have given the tag, anyway since Tony OK with this, no more questions:
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko





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