Hi, Now I got it. Please run checkpatch.pl and fix all the issues it reports, and change the $subject line to match the style in that file and then re-send. Thanks! On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 06:13:56PM +0200, Khandelwal, Rajat wrote: > Hi @Westerberg, Mika > This was the original message! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Khandelwal, Rajat <rajat.khandelwal@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 7:00 PM > To: mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Khandelwal, Rajat <rajat.khandelwal@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PATCH] Keep polling IPC status if it reads IPC_STATUS_BUSY or IPC_STATUS_ERR until timeout expires > > The current implementation returns -EIO if and when IPC_STATUS_ERR is returned and returns -ETIMEDOUT even if the status is busy. > This patch polls the IPC status even if IPC_STATUS_ERR is returned until timeout expires and returns -EBUSY if the status shows busy. > Observed in multiple scenarios, trying to fetch the status of IPC after it shows ERR sometimes eradicates the ERR status. > > Signed-off-by: Rajat-Khandelwal <rajat.khandelwal@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c | 8 +++++--- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c > index 7cc9089d1e14..91f716e84474 100644 > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c > @@ -233,17 +233,19 @@ static inline u32 ipc_data_readl(struct intel_scu_ipc_dev *scu, u32 offset) static inline int busy_loop(struct intel_scu_ipc_dev *scu) { > unsigned long end = jiffies + IPC_TIMEOUT; > + u32 status; > > do { > - u32 status; > - > status = ipc_read_status(scu); > if (!(status & IPC_STATUS_BUSY)) { > - return (status & IPC_STATUS_ERR) ? -EIO : 0; > + if (!(status & IPC_STATUS_ERR)) > + return 0; > + } > > usleep_range(50, 100); > } while (time_before(jiffies, end)); > > + if (status & IPC_STATUS_BUSY) > + return -EBUSY; > + if (status & IPC_STATUS_ERR) > + return -EIO; > + > return -ETIMEDOUT; > } > > -- > 2.17.1