[PATCH V3 1/1] USB: serial: f81232: fix incomplete serial port generation

[PATCH V3 1/1] USB: serial: f81232: fix incomplete serial port generation

[Ji-Ze Hong (Peter Hong)]

The Fintek F81532A/534A/535/536 family relies on the
F81534A_CTRL_CMD_ENABLE_PORT (116h) register during initialization to
both determine serial port status and control port creation. If the
driver experiences fast load/unload cycles, the device state may becomes
unstable, resulting in the incomplete generation of serial ports.

Performing a dummy read operation on the register prior to the initial
write command resolves the issue. This clears the device's stale internal
state. Subsequent write operations will correctly generate all serial
ports.

This patch also removes the retry loop in f81534a_ctrl_set_register()
because the stale state has been fixed.

Tested on: HygonDM1SLT(Hygon C86 3250 8-core Processor)

Signed-off-by: Ji-Ze Hong (Peter Hong) <peter_hong@fintek.com.tw>
---
 drivers/usb/serial/f81232.c | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/f81232.c b/drivers/usb/serial/f81232.c
index 530b77fc2f78..9262a2ac97f5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/f81232.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/f81232.c
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(usb, combined_id_table);
 #define F81232_REGISTER_REQUEST		0xa0
 #define F81232_GET_REGISTER		0xc0
 #define F81232_SET_REGISTER		0x40
-#define F81534A_ACCESS_REG_RETRY	2
 
 #define SERIAL_BASE_ADDRESS		0x0120
 #define RECEIVE_BUFFER_REGISTER		(0x00 + SERIAL_BASE_ADDRESS)
@@ -824,36 +823,31 @@ static void f81232_lsr_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 static int f81534a_ctrl_set_register(struct usb_interface *intf, u16 reg,
 					u16 size, void *val)
 {
-	struct usb_device *dev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
-	int retry = F81534A_ACCESS_REG_RETRY;
-	int status;
-
-	while (retry--) {
-		status = usb_control_msg_send(dev,
-					      0,
-					      F81232_REGISTER_REQUEST,
-					      F81232_SET_REGISTER,
-					      reg,
-					      0,
-					      val,
-					      size,
-					      USB_CTRL_SET_TIMEOUT,
-					      GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (status) {
-			status = usb_translate_errors(status);
-			if (status == -EIO)
-				continue;
-		}
-
-		break;
-	}
-
-	if (status) {
-		dev_err(&intf->dev, "failed to set register 0x%x: %d\n",
-				reg, status);
-	}
+	return usb_control_msg_send(interface_to_usbdev(intf),
+						0,
+						F81232_REGISTER_REQUEST,
+						F81232_SET_REGISTER,
+						reg,
+						0,
+						val,
+						size,
+						USB_CTRL_SET_TIMEOUT,
+						GFP_KERNEL);
+}
 
-	return status;
+static int f81534a_ctrl_get_register(struct usb_interface *intf, u16 reg,
+					u16 size, void *val)
+{
+	return usb_control_msg_recv(interface_to_usbdev(intf),
+						0,
+						F81232_REGISTER_REQUEST,
+						F81232_GET_REGISTER,
+						reg,
+						0,
+						val,
+						size,
+						USB_CTRL_GET_TIMEOUT,
+						GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static int f81534a_ctrl_enable_all_ports(struct usb_interface *intf, bool en)
@@ -869,6 +863,29 @@ static int f81534a_ctrl_enable_all_ports(struct usb_interface *intf, bool en)
 	 * bit 0~11	: Serial port enable bit.
 	 */
 	if (en) {
+		/*
+		 * The Fintek F81532A/534A/535/536 family relies on the
+		 * F81534A_CTRL_CMD_ENABLE_PORT (116h) register during
+		 * initialization to both determine serial port status and
+		 * control port creation.
+		 *
+		 * If the driver experiences fast load/unload cycles, the
+		 * device state may becomes unstable, resulting in the
+		 * incomplete generation of serial ports.
+		 *
+		 * Performing a dummy read operation on the register prior
+		 * to the initial write command resolves the issue.
+		 *
+		 * This clears the device's stale internal state. Subsequent
+		 * write operations will correctly generate all serial ports.
+		 */
+		status = f81534a_ctrl_get_register(intf,
+						F81534A_CTRL_CMD_ENABLE_PORT,
+						sizeof(enable),
+						enable);
+		if (status)
+			return status;
+
 		enable[0] = 0xff;
 		enable[1] = 0x8f;
 	}
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH V3 1/1] USB: serial: f81232: fix incomplete serial port generation

[Johan Hovold]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 03:08:31PM +0800, Ji-Ze Hong (Peter Hong) wrote:
> The Fintek F81532A/534A/535/536 family relies on the
> F81534A_CTRL_CMD_ENABLE_PORT (116h) register during initialization to
> both determine serial port status and control port creation. If the
> driver experiences fast load/unload cycles, the device state may becomes
> unstable, resulting in the incomplete generation of serial ports.
> 
> Performing a dummy read operation on the register prior to the initial
> write command resolves the issue. This clears the device's stale internal
> state. Subsequent write operations will correctly generate all serial
> ports.
> 
> This patch also removes the retry loop in f81534a_ctrl_set_register()
> because the stale state has been fixed.
> 
> Tested on: HygonDM1SLT(Hygon C86 3250 8-core Processor)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ji-Ze Hong (Peter Hong) <peter_hong@fintek.com.tw>
> ---

Next time, please remember to include a short changelog here under the
cut off line (---).

Now applied, thanks.

Johan