Hi Guenter,
On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:55:26 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Commit 3d8f7a89a197 ("hwmon: (tmp102) Improve handling of initial read
> delay") reduced the initial temperature read delay and made it dependent
> on the chip's shutdown mode. If the chip was not in shutdown mode at probe,
> the read delay no longer applies.
>
> This ignores the fact that the chip initialization changes the temperature
> sensor resolution, and that the temperature register values change when
> the resolution is changed. As a result, the reported temperature is twice
> as high as the real temperature until the first temperature conversion
> after the configuration change is complete. This can result in unexpected
> behavior and, worst case, in a system shutdown. To fix the problem,
> let's just always wait for a conversion to complete before reporting
> a temperature.
>
> Fixes: 3d8f7a89a197 ("hwmon: (tmp102) Improve handling of initial read delay")
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197167
> Reported-by: Ralf Goebel <ralf.goebel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ralf Goebel <ralf.goebel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hwmon/tmp102.c | 9 +--------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/tmp102.c b/drivers/hwmon/tmp102.c
> index 5eafbaada795..1af1932a72db 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/tmp102.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/tmp102.c
> @@ -268,14 +268,7 @@ static int tmp102_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> return err;
> }
>
> - tmp102->ready_time = jiffies;
> - if (tmp102->config_orig & TMP102_CONF_SD) {
> - /*
> - * Mark that we are not ready with data until the first
> - * conversion is complete
> - */
> - tmp102->ready_time += msecs_to_jiffies(CONVERSION_TIME_MS);
> - }
> + tmp102->ready_time = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(CONVERSION_TIME_MS);
>
> hwmon_dev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(dev, client->name,
> tmp102,
Thanks for the quick fix. The change itself looks good but why remove
the comment, which I think still retains its value?
Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
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Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support
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