linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 02/10] soundwire: intel: ignore software command retries

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Date:   Tue,  1 Sep 2020 23:05:48 +0800
From:   Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@...ux.intel.com>
To:     alsa-devel@...a-project.org, vkoul@...nel.org
Cc:     vinod.koul@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tiwai@...e.de,
        broonie@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jank@...ence.com,
        srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org, rander.wang@...ux.intel.com,
        ranjani.sridharan@...ux.intel.com, hui.wang@...onical.com,
        pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com, sanyog.r.kale@...el.com,
        mengdong.lin@...el.com, bard.liao@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 02/10] soundwire: intel: ignore software command retries

From: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>

with multiple links synchronized in hardware, retrying commands in
software is not recommended.

Signed-off-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/soundwire/intel.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/intel.c b/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
index aa8484366c95..94a659e65f86 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
@@ -1355,6 +1355,11 @@ static int intel_master_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dev_info(dev,
 			 "SoundWire master %d is disabled, will be ignored\n",
 			 bus->link_id);
+	/*
+	 * Ignore BIOS err_threshold, it's a really bad idea when dealing
+	 * with multiple hardware synchronized links
+	 */
+	bus->prop.err_threshold = 0;
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.17.1