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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:58:48 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@...labora.com>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>, krisman@...labora.com,
Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.com>,
Collabora Kernel ML <kernel@...labora.com>,
"open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-i2c <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: Return EPROBE_DEFER if gc->to_irq is NULL
On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 1:07 AM Shreeya Patel
<shreeya.patel@...labora.com> wrote:
>
> We are racing the registering of .to_irq when probing the
> i2c driver. This results in random failure of touchscreen
> devices.
>
> Following errors could be seen in dmesg logs when gc->to_irq is NULL
>
> [2.101857] i2c_hid i2c-FTS3528:00: HID over i2c has not been provided an Int IRQ
> [2.101953] i2c_hid: probe of i2c-FTS3528:00 failed with error -22
>
> To avoid this situation, defer probing until to_irq is registered.
>
> This issue has been reported many times in past and people have been
> using workarounds like changing the pinctrl_amd to built-in instead
> of loading it as a module or by adding a softdep for pinctrl_amd into
> the config file.
> References :-
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209413
> https://github.com/Syniurge/i2c-amd-mp2/issues/3
Please, convert them to BugLink: tags.
> Signed-off-by: Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@...labora.com>
...
> + if (gc->irq.chip) {
> + /* avoid race condition with other code, which tries to lookup
> + * an IRQ before the irqchip has been properly registered
> + * (i.e. while gpiochip is still being brought up).
> + */
/*
* The style of multi-line comments should be
* like this. Pay attention to the grammar.
* In your comment the parentheses can be replaced
* by a simple ',' (comma without quotes).
*/
> + return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> + }
With above (including kbuildbot thingy) addressed
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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