linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] reset: fix shared reset triggered

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Message-ID: <1487238737.2377.3.camel@pengutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:52:17 +0100
From:   Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
To:     Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
Cc:     Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] reset: fix shared reset triggered_count decrement on
 error

On Wed, 2017-02-15 at 19:15 +0100, Jerome Brunet wrote:
> For a shared reset, when the reset is successful, the triggered_count is
> incremented when trying to call the reset callback, so that another device
> sharing the same reset line won't trigger it again. If the reset has not
> been triggered successfully, the trigger_count should be decremented.
> 
> The code does the opposite, and decrements the trigger_count on success.
> As a consequence, another device sharing the reset will be able to trigger
> it again.
> 
> Fixed be removing negation in from of the error code of the reset function.
> 
> Fixes: 7da33a37b48f ("reset: allow using reset_control_reset with shared reset")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
> ---
>  Hi Philipp,
> 
>  I found this issue while testing your patch [0]
>  It fixes a regression we have been having with usb. On meson-gxbb
>  platforms, usb0 and usb1 share the same reset line. Martin had
>  reports that usb0 recently got broken. In fact usb1 was able to
>  trigger the reset again because the issue mentioned above.

Thanks, applied with Martin's Acked-by. I'll send a pull request for
this later today.

regards
Philipp