linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] i2c: virtio: disable timeout handling

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Date:   Tue, 19 Oct 2021 19:44:24 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@...s.com>,
        jie.deng@...el.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...s.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] i2c: virtio: disable timeout handling

On 19-10-21, 13:15, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> 
> > The other side is the software that has access to the _Real_ hardware,
> > and so we should trust it. So we can have a actually have a completion
> > without timeout here, interesting.
> 
> So, if the other side gets a timeout talking to the HW, then the timeout
> error will be propagated?

It should be, ideally :)

> If so, then we may live with plain wait_for_completion().

-- 
viresh