From: Tapio Reijonen <tapio.reijonen@vaisala.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com>,
Tapio Reijonen <tapio.reijonen@kolumbus.fi>,
Tapio Reijonen <tapio.reijonen@vaisala.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 8/8] serial: max310x: don't transmit while an RS485 reconfigure is pending
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:38:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260929-max310x-rs485-sw-delay-v5-8-ae46afa583f2@vaisala.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260929-max310x-rs485-sw-delay-v5-0-ae46afa583f2@vaisala.com>
TIOCSRS485 applies its register changes asynchronously: rs485_config()
stores the new configuration and schedules rs_work, which programs
HDPIXDELAY, MODE1.TRNSCVCTRL and the RTS path. A write() issued right
after the ioctl therefore transmits against the old, half-switched
state. On a single core the ordering is even deterministic: start_tx()
picks the stale path first, then rs_work reprograms the chip, then
tx_work pumps the data - with the transceiver already released. A
TIOCSRS485 switching from the hardware to the software RTS path
followed immediately by a write puts the whole transfer on the wire
with the transceiver disabled: nothing reaches the bus and no error is
reported anywhere. The inverse direction is as old as the asynchronous
reconfigure itself: enabling RS485 and writing immediately shifts the
first bytes out before rs_work has enabled the chip's auto-RTS.
Defer instead: rs485_config() marks the reconfigure pending under
port->lock, start_tx() leaves the data in the kfifo while the mark is
set, and rs_work restarts the transmission itself once the new
configuration is fully applied. The rs485-disable path's direct
tx_work kick is replaced by the same mechanism, which also orders that
flush after the reconfigure instead of before it.
Fixes: 5bdb48b501e8 ("serial: max310x: Fix RS485 handling")
Signed-off-by: Tapio Reijonen <tapio.reijonen@vaisala.com>
---
drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
index 6ad27eb8a32586ec5719773e6eadf1249155bf19..7036710942a42ef096340a38a9cee87cb0c4efbf 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ struct max310x_one {
bool sw_rts_during_tx;
bool cancel_tx_delay_tmr;
bool tx_teardown; /* envelope being torn down */
+ bool rs485_pending; /* rs_work not yet applied */
bool tx_break; /* break_ctl() owns the transceiver */
enum max310x_tx_state tx_state;
@@ -965,6 +966,16 @@ static void max310x_start_tx(struct uart_port *port)
if (one->tx_teardown)
return;
+ /*
+ * An RS485 reconfigure is scheduled but not applied yet: transmitting
+ * now would use the old path against half-programmed registers - a
+ * TIOCSRS485 switching paths followed immediately by a write puts the
+ * data on the wire with the transceiver released. Leave the data in
+ * the kfifo; rs_work restarts TX once the configuration is applied.
+ */
+ if (one->rs485_pending)
+ return;
+
if (READ_ONCE(one->sw_rts_during_tx)) {
/*
* The before- and after-send phases share one delay timer. If an
@@ -1395,6 +1406,16 @@ static void max310x_rs_proc(struct work_struct *ws)
max310x_port_update(&one->port, MAX310X_MODE2_REG,
MAX310X_MODE2_ECHOSUPR_BIT, mode2);
+
+ /*
+ * The configuration is applied: release any TX that start_tx()
+ * deferred while the reconfigure was pending, now on the right path.
+ */
+ scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &one->port.lock) {
+ one->rs485_pending = false;
+ if (!kfifo_is_empty(&one->port.state->port.xmit_fifo))
+ max310x_start_tx(&one->port);
+ }
}
/* called with port.lock taken and irqs off */
@@ -1420,17 +1441,11 @@ static int max310x_rs485_config(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios
}
WRITE_ONCE(one->tx_state, MAX310X_TX_OFF);
one->tx_teardown = false;
- /*
- * The port stays alive, and a write that raced the teardown
- * may have left data queued with no envelope left to pump it.
- * Kick tx_work; RS485 is disabled, so the plain path is right.
- */
- if (!kfifo_is_empty(&port->state->port.xmit_fifo))
- schedule_work(&one->tx_work);
}
port->rs485 = *rs485;
+ one->rs485_pending = true;
schedule_work(&one->rs_work);
return 0;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-29 9:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-29 9:37 [PATCH v5 0/8] serial: max310x: RS485 delay and RTS fixes, software-timed delays Tapio Reijonen
2026-09-29 9:37 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] serial: max310x: don't clobber the TX break bit in set_termios Tapio Reijonen
2026-09-29 13:40 ` Hugo Villeneuve
2026-10-02 7:25 ` Tapio Reijonen
2026-10-02 15:03 ` Hugo Villeneuve
2026-10-04 10:45 ` Tapio Reijonen
2026-09-29 9:37 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] serial: max310x: assert the transceiver during a break Tapio Reijonen
2026-09-29 9:37 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] serial: max310x: convert RS485 delays from milliseconds to bit-times Tapio Reijonen
2026-09-29 13:54 ` Hugo Villeneuve
2026-10-01 19:11 ` Hugo Villeneuve
2026-10-02 7:27 ` Tapio Reijonen
2026-09-29 9:37 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] serial: max310x: wait for TX to drain before powering down in shutdown Tapio Reijonen
2026-10-01 20:00 ` Hugo Villeneuve
2026-10-02 7:28 ` Tapio Reijonen
2026-10-02 15:01 ` Hugo Villeneuve
2026-10-04 10:56 ` Tapio Reijonen
2026-09-29 9:37 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] serial: max310x: support active-low RTS on the hardware path Tapio Reijonen
2026-09-29 9:38 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] serial: max310x: schedule tx_work directly from the IRQ handler Tapio Reijonen
2026-09-29 9:38 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] serial: max310x: drive RTS in software when hardware delays are too short Tapio Reijonen
2026-09-29 9:38 ` Tapio Reijonen [this message]
2026-10-01 8:35 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] serial: max310x: RS485 delay and RTS fixes, software-timed delays Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-01 9:10 ` Tapio Reijonen
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