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

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Ben Dooks <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 07:37:03AM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
>> "Sudhakar Rajashekhara" <sudhakar.raj@xxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > 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>
>> >> ---
>> >
>> > Tested-by: Sudhakar Rajashekhara <sudhakar.raj@xxxxxx>
>> >
>> > Tested with audio loopback on OMAP-L138, OMAP-L137 and DM365. Also tested with
>> > i2cdetect function which probes all the devices on the i2c bus.
>> 
>> 
>> Ben, can you queue this one for 2.6.37 with the addition of:
>
> If it is a worthwhile bugfix i'll send it for the next -rc.

OK, yeah.  It's probably better to queue for the next -rc.

Thanks,

Kevin
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