linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] tpm/tpm_i2c_infineon: switch to i2c_lock_bus(..., I2C_LOCK

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:07:21 +0200
From:   Alexander Steffen <Alexander.Steffen@...ineon.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] tpm/tpm_i2c_infineon: switch to
 i2c_lock_bus(..., I2C_LOCK_SEGMENT)

On 25.06.2018 12:24, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 07:17:54AM +0200, Peter Rosin wrote:
>> Locking the root adapter for __i2c_transfer will deadlock if the
>> device sits behind a mux-locked I2C mux. Switch to the finer-grained
>> i2c_lock_bus with the I2C_LOCK_SEGMENT flag. If the device does not
>> sit behind a mux-locked mux, the two locking variants are equivalent.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
> 
> Studied enough so that I can give
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Do not have hardware to test this, however.

I don't have a mux-locked I2C mux either, but at least I can confirm 
that this change did not break my existing test setup (SLB9635/SLB9645 
on Raspberry Pi 2B).

Tested-by: Alexander Steffen <Alexander.Steffen@...ineon.com>

Alexander