linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: i8042 - Fix the selftest retry logic

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Date:   Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:35:02 +0800
From:   You-Sheng Yang <vicamo@...il.com>
To:     AceLan Kao <acelan.kao@...onical.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Enrico Weigelt <info@...ux.net>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: i8042 - Fix the selftest retry logic

On 2020-03-05 14:44, AceLan Kao wrote:
> @@ -955,7 +954,9 @@ static int i8042_controller_selftest(void)
>  		dbg("i8042 controller selftest: %#x != %#x\n",
>  		    param, I8042_RET_CTL_TEST);
>  		msleep(50);
> -	} while (i++ < 5);
> +	} while (++i < 5);
> +	if (i == 5)
> +		return -ENODEV;

I would like to propose a V2 for this. The original logic allows
continuation to device probe when selftest returns a different value
than expected, and this is no longer available with this patch.

>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86
>  	/*
> 

You-Sheng Yang



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