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authorDarwin Dingel <darwin.dingel@alliedtelesis.co.nz>2018-12-09 23:27:39 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-12-17 16:02:57 +0100
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parenttty: serial: qcom_geni_serial: Remove interrupt storm (diff)
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dt-bindings: serial: 8250: Add rate limit for serial port input overruns
When a serial port continuously experiences input overrun from (1) continuous receive characters from remote and or (2) hardware issues, its interrupt handler can preempt other tasks especially when the system is busy (ie. boot up period). This can cause other tasks to get starved of processing time from the CPU. When this dts binding is enabled and input overrun on the serial port is detected, serial port receive will be throttled to give some breathing room for processing other tasks. Value provided will be in milliseconds. &serial0{ overrun-throttle-ms = <500>; }; Signed-off-by: Darwin Dingel <darwin.dingel@alliedtelesis.co.nz> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt1
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt
index aeb6db4e35c3..da50321da34d 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Optional properties:
- tx-threshold: Specify the TX FIFO low water indication for parts with
programmable TX FIFO thresholds.
- resets : phandle + reset specifier pairs
+- overrun-throttle-ms : how long to pause uart rx when input overrun is encountered.
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* fsl,ns16550: