linux-kernel - [PATCH RESEND 2/2] mtd: nand: pxa3xx-nand: fix random command timeouts

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Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2015 20:30:15 +0200
From:	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
To:	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
Subject: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] mtd: nand: pxa3xx-nand: fix random command timeouts

When 2 commands are submitted in a row, and the second is very quick,
the completion of the second command might never come. This happens
especially if the second command is quick, such as a status read after
an erase.

The issue is that in the interrupt handler, the status bits are cleared
after the new command is issued. There is a small temporal window where
this happens :
 - the previous command has set the command done bit
 - the ready for a command bit is set
 - the handler submits the next command
   - just then, the command completes, and the command done bit is still
     set
 - the handler clears the "previous" command done bit
 - the handler exits

In this flow, the "command done" of the next command will never trigger
a new interrupt to finish the status command, as it was cleared for both
commands.

Fix this by clearing the status bit before submitting a new command.

Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
---
 drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
index d1a4c336de1d..d6c696798811 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
@@ -675,8 +675,14 @@ static irqreturn_t pxa3xx_nand_irq(int irq, void *devid)
 		is_ready = 1;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Clear all status bit before issuing the next command, which
+	 * can and will alter the status bits and will deserve a new
+	 * interrupt on its own. This lets the controller exit the IRQ
+	 */
+	nand_writel(info, NDSR, status);
+
 	if (status & NDSR_WRCMDREQ) {
-		nand_writel(info, NDSR, NDSR_WRCMDREQ);
 		status &= ~NDSR_WRCMDREQ;
 		info->state = STATE_CMD_HANDLE;
 
@@ -697,8 +703,6 @@ static irqreturn_t pxa3xx_nand_irq(int irq, void *devid)
 			nand_writel(info, NDCB0, info->ndcb3);
 	}
 
-	/* clear NDSR to let the controller exit the IRQ */
-	nand_writel(info, NDSR, status);
 	if (is_completed)
 		complete(&info->cmd_complete);
 	if (is_ready)
-- 
2.1.4

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