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

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Date:   Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:04:45 +0800
From:   Jie Deng <jie.deng@...el.com>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
        Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@...s.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 2021/10/20 14:41, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 20-10-21, 14:35, Jie Deng wrote:
>> Yes, but we need to know what's the best value to be configured for a
>> specific "other side".
>>
>> I think the "other side" should be more aware of what value is reasonable to
>> be used.
> If we _really_ need that, then it would require an update to the
> specification first.
>
> I am not sure if the other side is the only party in play here. It
> depends on the entire setup and not just the hardware device.
> Specially with virtualisation things become really slow because of
> context switches, etc. It may be better for the guest userspace to
> decide on the value.
>
> Since this is specially for virtualisation, the kernel may set the
> value to few HZ by default, lets say 10 (Yeah its really high) :).


I'm OK with this way for the simplicity.