It turns out the IRQ status isn't cleared after switching the controller off and getting it back on, which may cause raising false error interrupts if controller has been unsuccessfully used by, for instance, a bootloader before the driver is loaded. Let's explicitly clear the interrupts status in the dedicated controller reset method. Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi-dw.h | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h index 1ab704d1ebd8..ff77f39047ce 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h @@ -229,14 +229,15 @@ static inline void spi_umask_intr(struct dw_spi *dws, u32 mask) } /* - * This does disable the SPI controller, interrupts, and re-enable the - * controller back. Transmit and receive FIFO buffers are cleared when the - * device is disabled. + * This disables the SPI controller, interrupts, clears the interrupts status, + * and re-enable the controller back. Transmit and receive FIFO buffers are + * cleared when the device is disabled. */ static inline void spi_reset_chip(struct dw_spi *dws) { spi_enable_chip(dws, 0); spi_mask_intr(dws, 0xff); + dw_readl(dws, DW_SPI_ICR); spi_enable_chip(dws, 1); } -- 2.27.0