linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] i2c: at91: manage unexpected RXRDY flag when starting a transfer

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Date:	Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:47:26 +0100
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, nicolas.ferre@...el.com,
	peda@...ator.liu.se, cyrille.pitchen@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] i2c: at91: manage unexpected RXRDY flag when starting
 a transfer

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:38:27AM +0100, Ludovic Desroches wrote:
> In some cases, we could start a new i2c transfer with the RXRDY flag
> set. It is not a clean state and it leads to print annoying error
> messages even if there no real issue. The cause is only having garbage
> data in the Receive Holding Register because of a weird behavior of the
> RXRDY flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...el.com>
> Fixes: 93563a6a71bb ("i2c: at91: fix a race condition when using the DMA
> controller")
> Reported-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ator.liu.se>
> Tested-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ator.liu.se>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org #4.1

Applied to for-next, thanks!


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