Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250: Fix PM usage_count for console handover

[Ilpo Järvinen]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2022, Tony Lindgren wrote:

> * Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [220628 21:09]:
> > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 07:58:34PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> > > When console is enabled, univ8250_console_setup() calls
> > > serial8250_console_setup() before .dev is set to uart_port. Therefore,
> > > it will not call pm_runtime_get_sync(). Later, when the actual driver
> > > is going to take over univ8250_console_exit() is called. As .dev is
> > > already set, serial8250_console_exit() makes pm_runtime_put_sync() call
> > > with usage count being zero triggering PM usage count warning
> > > (extra debug for univ8250_console_setup(), univ8250_console_exit(), and
> > > serial8250_register_ports()):
> 
> Hmm so serial8250_console_setup() calls pm_runtime_get_sync() if dev
> exists..
> 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
> > > index 57e86133af4f..2e83e7367441 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
> > > @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
> > >  #include <linux/sysrq.h>
> > >  #include <linux/delay.h>
> > >  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> > > +#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
> > >  #include <linux/tty.h>
> > >  #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
> > >  #include <linux/tty_flip.h>
> > > @@ -558,6 +559,9 @@ serial8250_register_ports(struct uart_driver *drv, struct device *dev)
> > >  
> > >  		up->port.dev = dev;
> > >  
> > > +		if (uart_console_enabled(&up->port))
> > > +			pm_runtime_get_sync(up->port.dev);
> > > +
> > >  		serial8250_apply_quirks(up);
> > >  		uart_add_one_port(drv, &up->port);
> > >  	}
> 
> ..and now we also call it here. Are there now cases where pm_runtime_get_sync()
> gets called twice potentially or does uart_console_enabled() ensure that is
> not the case already?

The code in serial8250_register_ports() right before that context block is 
this:

		if (up->port.dev)
			continue;

If serial8250_console_setup() already saw .dev != NULL, we take that 
continue and pm_runtime_get_sync() will not get called again here.


-- 
 i.