linux-kernel - [char-misc 2/3] mei: me: drop harmful wait optimization

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Date:	Mon, 12 May 2014 12:19:40 +0300
From:	Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	arnd@...db.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
	Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
Subject: [char-misc 2/3] mei: me: drop harmful wait optimization

It my take time till ME_RDY will be cleared after the reset,
so we cannot check the bit before we got the interrupt

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
---
 drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c b/drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c
index ac76a63..031efcf 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ static int mei_me_hw_reset(struct mei_device *dev, bool intr_enable)
 	else
 		hcsr &= ~H_IE;
 
+	dev->recvd_hw_ready = false;
 	mei_me_reg_write(hw, H_CSR, hcsr);
 
 	if (intr_enable == false)
@@ -254,10 +255,7 @@ static bool mei_me_hw_is_ready(struct mei_device *dev)
 static int mei_me_hw_ready_wait(struct mei_device *dev)
 {
 	int err;
-	if (mei_me_hw_is_ready(dev))
-		return 0;
 
-	dev->recvd_hw_ready = false;
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->device_lock);
 	err = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(dev->wait_hw_ready,
 			dev->recvd_hw_ready,
-- 
1.9.0

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