Re: [PATCH v4] i2c: davinci: Fix race when setting up for TX

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On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:17:58PM -0700, Troy Kisky wrote:
> On 9/21/2010 4:24 AM, Sudhakar Rajashekhara wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 09:43:28, Jon Povey wrote:
> >> When setting up to transmit, a race exists between the ISR and
> >> i2c_davinci_xfer_msg() trying to load the first byte and adjust counters.
> >> This is mostly visible for transmits > 1 byte long.
> >>
> >> The hardware starts sending immediately that MDR.STT is set. IMR trickery
> >> doesn't work because if we start sending, finish the first byte and an
> >> XRDY event occurs before we load IMR to unmask it, we never get an
> >> interrupt, and we timeout.
> >>
> >> Sudhakar Rajashekhara explains that at least OMAP-L138 requires MDR mode
> >> settings before DXR for correct behaviour, so load MDR first with
> >> STT cleared and later load again with STT set.
> >>
> >> Tested on DM355 connected to Techwell TW2836 and Wolfson WM8985
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jon Povey <jon.povey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> CC: Sudhakar Rajashekhara <sudhakar.raj@xxxxxx>
> >> CC: Troy Kisky <troy.kisky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> Reworked after comments by Troy and Sudhakar.
> >>
> >> Looking at the datasheet it seemed like setting STP without STT early
> >> might cause a stray STOP to be generated, so I moved it into the second
> >> MDR load.
> >>
> >> This passes a quick smoke test but I can't do much more testing right at
> >> the moment. Sudhakar, your comments would be welcomed.
> >>
> > 
> > Looks good to me. I can test on couple of platforms I have and update the result
> > by tomorrow.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Sudhakar
> > 
> > 
> > 
> I like it too. I hope it works for omap.
> 
> Thanks as well
> Troy

Ok, any objections to this being applied, or should I wait?

-- 
Ben

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A:      One-third less calories than a regular year.

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