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2023-09-18	serial: core: Use port lock wrappers	Thomas Gleixner	1	-2/+2
	When a serial port is used for kernel console output, then all modifications to the UART registers which are done from other contexts, e.g. getty, termios, are interference points for the kernel console. So far this has been ignored and the printk output is based on the principle of hope. The rework of the console infrastructure which aims to support threaded and atomic consoles, requires to mark sections which modify the UART registers as unsafe. This allows the atomic write function to make informed decisions and eventually to restore operational state. It also allows to prevent the regular UART code from modifying UART registers while printk output is in progress. All modifications of UART registers are guarded by the UART port lock, which provides an obvious synchronization point with the console infrastructure. To avoid adding this functionality to all UART drivers, wrap the spin_[un]lock() invocations for uart_port::lock into helper functions which just contain the spin_[un]lock() invocations for now. In a subsequent step these helpers will gain the console synchronization mechanisms. Converted with coccinelle. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230914183831.587273-58-john.ogness@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-05-31	serial: core: Start managing serial controllers to enable runtime PM	Tony Lindgren	1	-0/+105
	We want to enable runtime PM for serial port device drivers in a generic way. To do this, we want to have the serial core layer manage the registered physical serial controller devices. To manage serial controllers, let's set up a struct bus and struct device for the serial core controller as suggested by Greg and Jiri. The serial core controller devices are children of the physical serial port device. The serial core controller device is needed to support multiple different kind of ports connected to single physical serial port device. Let's also set up a struct device for the serial core port. The serial core port instances are children of the serial core controller device. With the serial core port device we can now flush pending TX on the runtime PM resume as suggested by Johan. Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Suggested-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org> Suggested-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230525113034.46880-1-tony@atomide.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>