linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: tegra: remove warning dump if timeout happen in transfer

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Message-ID: <20130215191826.GC4351@the-dreams.de>
Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:18:26 +0100
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
Cc:	swarren@...dia.com, khali@...ux-fr.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: tegra: remove warning dump if timeout happen in
 transfer

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 06:13:33PM +0530, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> If timeout error occurs in the i2c transfer then it was dumping warning
> of call stack.
> 
> Remove the warning dump as there is may be possibility that some slave
> devices are busy and not responding the i2c communication.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>

I'd like to have the patch extended. Currently, i2c-tegra is the only
I2C user of BUG and BUG_ON. Could you maybe extend the patch to handle
those situations more gracefully while we are at it? From a glimpse,
these situations don't need a complete halt of the kernel?

Thanks,

   Wolfram

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