linux-kernel - [PATCH] spi: Fix the logic around the maximum speed

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Date:   Wed,  3 Feb 2021 18:02:45 +0100
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tudor Ambarus <Tudor.Ambarus@...rochip.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zhengxunli@...c.com.tw,
        juliensu@...c.com.tw, ycllin@...c.com.tw,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH] spi: Fix the logic around the maximum speed

Commit 9326e4f1e5dd ("spi: Limit the spi device max speed to controller's max speed")
rationaly introduced a new condition on which the device's maximum
speed would be set to the controller's one: if the device advertizes a
higher speed than the one supported by the controller.

However, it seems that the SPI core does not enforce controllers to
always advertize a maximum speed value. Other similar conditions in
the SPI core always check that the controller->max_speed_hz was set
before doing anything else.

Not doing this check here breaks SPI controller drivers which do not
advertize a maximum speed:
- the controller maximum speed is 0
- the child device max speed is set to an apparently coeherent value
- in this case the child device maximum speed is set to 0

Either (1) all controller drivers should set max_speed_hz or (2) the
child device maximum speed should not be updated in this particular
situation. Perhaps there is a rationale for not enforcing (1), but in
any case as a fix it is safer to use solution (2).

Fixes: 9326e4f1e5dd ("spi: Limit the spi device max speed to controller's max speed")
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
---
 drivers/spi/spi.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 51d7c004fbab..f59bf5094adb 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -3378,8 +3378,9 @@ int spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 	if (status)
 		return status;

-	if (!spi->max_speed_hz ||
-	    spi->max_speed_hz > spi->controller->max_speed_hz)
+	if (spi->controller->max_speed_hz &&
+	    (!spi->max_speed_hz ||
+	     spi->max_speed_hz > spi->controller->max_speed_hz))
 		spi->max_speed_hz = spi->controller->max_speed_hz;

 	mutex_lock(&spi->controller->io_mutex);
-- 
2.20.1