davinci_spi_bufs() uses wait_for_completion_interruptible() without bothering to handle -ERESTARTSYS. Due to this, sometime, it returns prematurely when a signal is received. Since the return value is never checked, userspace eventually receives a spurious -EIO. To fix this, use un-interruptible wait_for_completion_timeout(). Signed-off-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@xxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c index 7d3af3eacf57..38026aa1afd7 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c @@ -703,7 +703,10 @@ static int davinci_spi_bufs(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *t) /* Wait for the transfer to complete */ if (spicfg->io_type != SPI_IO_TYPE_POLL) { - wait_for_completion_interruptible(&(dspi->done)); + if (wait_for_completion_timeout(&dspi->done, HZ) == 0) { + dev_err(&spi->dev, "spi transfer timeout\n"); + return -ETIMEDOUT; + } } else { while (dspi->rcount > 0 || dspi->wcount > 0) { errors = davinci_spi_process_events(dspi); -- 2.4.4.408.g16da57c -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-spi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html