linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: omap: fix NACK and Arbitration Lost irq handling

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Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2014 07:52:20 +0100
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	Alexander Kochetkov <al.kochet@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: omap: fix NACK and Arbitration Lost irq handling

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 09:00:58PM +0400, Alexander Kochetkov wrote:
> commit 1d7afc95946487945cc7f5019b41255b72224b70 (i2c: omap: ack IRQ in parts)
> changed the interrupt handler to complete transfers without clearing
> XRDY (AL case) and ARDY (NACK case) flags. XRDY or ARDY interrupts will be
> fired again. As a result, ISR keep processing transfer after it was already
> complete (from the driver code point of view).
> 
> A didn't see real impacts of the 1d7afc9, but it is really bad idea to
> have ISR running on user data after transfer was complete.
> 
> It looks, what 1d7afc9 violate TI specs in what how AL and NACK should be
> handled (see Note 1, sprugn4r, Figure 17-31 and Figure 17-32).
> 
> According to specs (if I understood correctly), in case of NACK and AL driver
> must reset NACK, AL, ARDY, RDR, and RRDY (Master Receive Mode), and
> NACK, AL, ARDY, and XDR (Master Transmitter Mode).
> 
> All that is done down the code under the if condition:
> if (stat & (OMAP_I2C_STAT_ARDY | OMAP_I2C_STAT_NACK | OMAP_I2C_STAT_AL)) ...
> 
> The patch restore pre 1d7afc9 logic of handling NACK and AL interrupts, so
> no interrupts is fired after ISR informs the rest of driver what transfer
> complete.
> 
> Note: instead of removing break under NACK case, we could just replace 'break'
> with 'continue' and allow NACK transfer to finish using ARDY event. I found
> that NACK and ARDY bits usually set together. That case confirm TI wiki:
> http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/I2C_Tips#Detecting_and_handling_NACK
> 
> In order if someone interested in the event traces for NACK and AL cases,
> I sent them to mailing list.
> 
> Tested on Beagleboard XM C.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kochetkov <al.kochet@...il.com>
> Fixes: 1d7afc9 i2c: omap: ack IRQ in parts
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v3.7+
> 

Applied to for-current, thanks!


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