linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] media: solo6x10: fix lockup by avoiding delayed register write

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Message-ID: <20161024071712.GA20892@dell-m4800.home>
Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2016 08:17:12 +0100
From:   Andrey Utkin <andrey_utkin@...tmail.com>
To:     Krzysztof Hałasa <khalasa@...p.pl>
Cc:     Andrey Utkin <andrey.utkin@...p.bluecherry.net>,
        mchehab@...nel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        maintainers@...echerrydvr.com, ismael@...ev.co.uk,
        hverkuil@...all.nl, hans.verkuil@...co.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] media: solo6x10: fix lockup by avoiding delayed
 register write

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 06:57:25AM +0200, Krzysztof Hałasa wrote:
> Andrey Utkin <andrey.utkin@...p.bluecherry.net> writes:
> 
> > --- a/drivers/media/pci/solo6x10/solo6x10.h
> > +++ b/drivers/media/pci/solo6x10/solo6x10.h
> > @@ -284,7 +284,10 @@ static inline u32 solo_reg_read(struct solo_dev *solo_dev, int reg)
> >  static inline void solo_reg_write(struct solo_dev *solo_dev, int reg,
> >  				  u32 data)
> >  {
> > +	u16 val;
> > +
> >  	writel(data, solo_dev->reg_base + reg);
> > +	pci_read_config_word(solo_dev->pdev, PCI_STATUS, &val);
> >  }
> >  
> >  static inline void solo_irq_on(struct solo_dev *dev, u32 mask)
> 
> This is ok for now. I hope I will find some to refine this, so not all
> register writes are done with the penalty - eventually.

I'm afraid it'd be hard if you don't have a hardware sample which hangs.
I could in theory provide you with SSH access to my dev machine, but
currently I'm in another country so managing this is hard, too.