Performing a dummy read ensures that the register write operation is fully completed, mitigating any potential bus delays that could otherwise impact the frequency of bitbang usage. E.g., if the JTAG application uses GPIO to control the JTAG pins (TCK, TMS, TDI, TDO, and TRST), and the application sets the TCK clock to 1 MHz, the GPIO's high/low transitions will rely on a delay function to ensure the clock frequency does not exceed 1 MHz. However, this can lead to rapid toggling of the GPIO because the write operation is POSTed and does not wait for a bus acknowledgment. Fixes: 361b79119a4b ("gpio: Add Aspeed driver") Reviewed-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Billy Tsai <billy_tsai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c index 04c03402db6d..98551b7f6de2 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c @@ -406,6 +406,8 @@ static void __aspeed_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset, gpio->dcache[GPIO_BANK(offset)] = reg; iowrite32(reg, addr); + /* Flush write */ + ioread32(addr); } static void aspeed_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset, -- 2.25.1