linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c/imx: fix imx driver to work though signal is pending

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Date:	Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:06:21 +0100
From:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
To:	Oskar Schirmer <oskar@...ra.com>
Cc:	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Darius Augulis <augulis.darius@...il.com>,
	Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c/imx: fix imx driver to work though signal is pending

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:19:11PM +0000, Oskar Schirmer wrote:
> Interrupt a test application for I2C based mc13xxx driven
> touch panel, SIGINT, causes open event file descriptor to be
> closed, which in turn causes I2C activity to mask PMIC local
> interrupts. This eventually ends up in i2c_imx_bus_busy to
> wait for some busy flag to toggle, but while waiting it would
> find a signal pending and break. The final symptom is the
> device is not closed down cleanly and thus not reopenable.
> 
> Do without check for pending signal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oskar Schirmer <oskar@...ra.com>

Thanks. Picked to my for-3.4 branch. I'd like to have some more test coverage,
then we can send it back via a stable-release. If you think it should go into
3.3 directly, please let me know.

Oh, and it got acked by Marc Kleine-Budde via phone :)

Regards,

   Wolfram

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