On Wed, 05 Jul 2017, Jack Andersen wrote:
> I have mixed feelings about making this patch. The device appears to
> lose its ability to send command responses when the driver
> unexpectedly goes offline (probably overflowing an internal send
> buffer).
>
> The restart command is a send-only way to recover the device.
> What concerns me is if there's another issue causing init to fail and
> a restart doesn't fix, this will trigger an endless probe loop. I'm
> not sure if there's a better way to discern this condition.
Why does dln2_restart() cause an unbind/bind?
> On 5 July 2017 at 11:12, Jack Andersen <jackoalan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > There's an issue with reinitializing DLN2 hardware if ADC channel event
> > configurations aren't reset before suspending the driver. A physical reconnect
> > of the device solves the problem, but restarting the machine without a power
> > cycle leaves the device state inconsistent.
> >
> > This patch transmits a restart command in the event of a failed init.
> > To the kernel's perspective, this is the rough equivalent of a disconnect and
> > reconnect, so another probe occurs shortly afterwards.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jack Andersen <jackoalan@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/mfd/dln2.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/dln2.c b/drivers/mfd/dln2.c
> > index a22ab8c..1eb0056 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mfd/dln2.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mfd/dln2.c
> > @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct dln2_response {
> > #define DLN2_GENERIC_CMD(cmd) DLN2_CMD(cmd, DLN2_GENERIC_MODULE_ID)
> > #define CMD_GET_DEVICE_VER DLN2_GENERIC_CMD(0x30)
> > #define CMD_GET_DEVICE_SN DLN2_GENERIC_CMD(0x31)
> > +#define CMD_RESTART DLN2_GENERIC_CMD(0x43)
> >
> > #define DLN2_HW_ID 0x200
> > #define DLN2_USB_TIMEOUT 200 /* in ms */
> > @@ -531,6 +532,12 @@ int dln2_transfer(struct platform_device *pdev, u16 cmd,
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(dln2_transfer);
> >
> > +static int dln2_restart(struct dln2_dev *dln2)
> > +{
> > + return _dln2_transfer(dln2, DLN2_HANDLE_CTRL, CMD_RESTART,
> > + NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
> > +}
> > +
> > static int dln2_check_hw(struct dln2_dev *dln2)
> > {
> > int ret;
> > @@ -782,7 +789,9 @@ static int dln2_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
> >
> > ret = dln2_hw_init(dln2);
> > if (ret < 0) {
> > - dev_err(dev, "failed to initialize hardware\n");
> > + dev_err(dev,
> > + "failed to initialize hardware; attempting restart\n");
> > + dln2_restart(dln2);
> > goto out_stop_rx;
> > }
> >
> >
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