RE: [PATCH 3/8] i2c: i2c-bfin-twi: Break dead waiting loop if i2c device misbehaves.

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 




>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wolfram Sang [mailto:w.sang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:31 AM
>To: Zhang, Sonic
>Cc: Ben Dooks; linux-i2c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; LKML; uclinux-dist-
>devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] i2c: i2c-bfin-twi: Break dead waiting loop if i2c device
>misbehaves.
>
>On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 03:20:21PM +0800, sonic.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> From: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Some fault i2c device may hold the sda/scl line and cause i2c driver
>> wait in the BUS busy loop. This patch breaks this potential dead loop.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> git-svn-id: svn://localhost/svn/linux-kernel/trunk@9291
>> 526b6c2d-f592-4532-a319-5dd88ccb003d
>
>^
>
>> ---
>>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-bfin-twi.c |   14 ++++++++++++--
>>  1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-bfin-twi.c
>> b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-bfin-twi.c
>> index 376e331..4abaf59 100644
>> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-bfin-twi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-bfin-twi.c
>> @@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ static irqreturn_t bfin_twi_interrupt_entry(int irq, void
>*dev_id)
>>      return IRQ_HANDLED;
>>  }
>>
>> +#define BFIN_TWI_BUSY_TIMEOUT       1000
>> +
>
>Please use a unit like microseconds for the timeout.
>

Take a look at the I2C framework code again. I find this loop to poll BUSBUSY bit is not necessary. Just return -EAGAIN, the framework do retry before timeout already.

Regards,

Sonic


>>  /*
>>   * One i2c master transfer
>>   */
>> @@ -303,12 +305,16 @@ static int bfin_twi_do_master_xfer(struct i2c_adapter
>*adap,
>>      struct bfin_twi_iface *iface = adap->algo_data;
>>      struct i2c_msg *pmsg;
>>      int rc = 0;
>> +    unsigned int busy_timeout = BFIN_TWI_BUSY_TIMEOUT;
>>
>>      if (!(read_CONTROL(iface) & TWI_ENA))
>>              return -ENXIO;
>>
>> -    while (read_MASTER_STAT(iface) & BUSBUSY)
>> +    while (read_MASTER_STAT(iface) & BUSBUSY) {
>> +            if (--busy_timeout == 0)
>> +                    return -EBUSY;
>>              yield();
>> +    }
>>
>>      iface->pmsg = msgs;
>>      iface->msg_num = num;
>> @@ -403,12 +409,16 @@ int bfin_twi_do_smbus_xfer(struct i2c_adapter
>> *adap, u16 addr,  {
>>      struct bfin_twi_iface *iface = adap->algo_data;
>>      int rc = 0;
>> +    unsigned int busy_timeout = BFIN_TWI_BUSY_TIMEOUT;
>>
>>      if (!(read_CONTROL(iface) & TWI_ENA))
>>              return -ENXIO;
>>
>> -    while (read_MASTER_STAT(iface) & BUSBUSY)
>> +    while (read_MASTER_STAT(iface) & BUSBUSY) {
>> +            if (--busy_timeout == 0)
>> +                    return -EBUSY;
>>              yield();
>> +    }
>>
>>      iface->writeNum = 0;
>>      iface->readNum = 0;
>> --
>> 1.7.0.4
>>
>>
>> --
>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c"
>> in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo
>> info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
>
>--
>Pengutronix e.K.                           | Wolfram Sang                |
>Industrial Linux Solutions                 | http://www.pengutronix.de/  |

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html


[Index of Archives]     [Linux GPIO]     [Linux SPI]     [Linux Hardward Monitoring]     [LM Sensors]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux Media]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]

  Powered by Linux