Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:58:17 +0200 | From | Matthieu CASTET <> | Subject | uart : lost characters when system is busy |
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Hi,
the linux uart layer can loose some characters if the system is busy.
uart_throttle/uart_unthrottle is called from a workqueue. If the system is busy, and the uart receive lot's of data, we fill the tty buffer, but the workqueue doesn't run and we never have a chance to call uart_throttle. So the uart is never slow down.
And because most uart driver call uart_insert_char (that doesn't return if tty_insert_flip_char manage to push the character), we never detect that there are some lost characters.
A workaround could be to check the buffer threshold in tty_flip_buffer_push and call throttle callback if needed.
Matthieu
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