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

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Message-ID: <MWHPR11MB0030C3489F38FF2AAF7C3D0A908C9@MWHPR11MB0030.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Wed, 3 Nov 2021 06:18:05 +0000
From:   "Chen, Conghui" <conghui.chen@...el.com>
To:     "Deng, Jie" <jie.deng@...el.com>,
        Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@...s.com>
CC:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org" <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel <kernel@...s.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] i2c: virtio: disable timeout handling

>>> Over the long term, I think the backend should provide that timeout
>>> value and guarantee that its processing time should not exceed that
>>> value.
>> If you mean that the spec should be changed to allow the virtio driver
>> to be able to program a certain timeout for I2C transactions in the
>> virtio device, yes, that does sound reasonable.
>
>
>Due to changes in my work, I will pass my virtio-i2c maintenance to Conghui.
>
>She may work on this in the future.
>

I'll try to update the spec first.

- Conghui