Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] tty: n_gsm: fix missing timer to handle stalled links

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Mon May 23 2022 - 07:50:07 EST


On 19. 05. 22, 9:07, D. Starke wrote:
From: Daniel Starke <daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The current implementation does not handle the situation that no data is in
the internal queue and needs to be sent out while the user tty fifo is
full.
Add a timer that moves more data from user tty down to the internal queue
which is then serialized on the ldisc. This timer is triggered if no data
was moved from a user tty to the internal queue within 10 * T1.

Fixes: e1eaea46bb40 ("tty: n_gsm line discipline")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Daniel Starke <daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/n_gsm.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

See patch 6 regarding changes since to v1.

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
index 0a9924445968..3a4a2394d970 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
...
@@ -833,6 +834,7 @@ static void __gsm_data_queue(struct gsm_dlci *dlci, struct gsm_msg *msg)
list_add_tail(&msg->list, &gsm->tx_list);
gsm->tx_bytes += msg->len;
gsm_data_kick(gsm, dlci);
+ mod_timer(&gsm->kick_timer, jiffies + 10 * gsm->t1 * HZ / 100);

The formula deserves an explanation. And why 10 * X / 100, and not X / 10?

@@ -1062,9 +1058,9 @@ static int gsm_dlci_modem_output(struct gsm_mux *gsm, struct gsm_dlci *dlci,
* renegotiate DLCI priorities with optional stuff. Needs optimising.
*/
-static void gsm_dlci_data_sweep(struct gsm_mux *gsm)
+static int gsm_dlci_data_sweep(struct gsm_mux *gsm)
{
- int len;
+ int len, ret = 0;

Why is ret signed?

/* Priority ordering: We should do priority with RR of the groups */
int i = 1;
@@ -1087,7 +1083,11 @@ static void gsm_dlci_data_sweep(struct gsm_mux *gsm)
/* DLCI empty - try the next */
if (len == 0)
i++;
+ else
+ ret++;
}
+
+ return ret;
}
/**

thanks,
--
js
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