linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] extcon: usbc-tusb320: make sure the state is initialized on probe

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Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:51:01 +0200
From:   Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
To:     Chanwoo Choi <cwchoi00@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
        Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
        Michael Auchter <michael.auchter@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] extcon: usbc-tusb320: make sure the state is initialized
 on probe

Hi!

2022-06-30 at 08:03, Peter Rosin wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> 2022-06-29 at 21:54, Chanwoo Choi wrote:
>> On 22. 6. 23. 20:21, Peter Rosin wrote:
>>> When the port is connected at boot, there is not necessarily
>>> an interrupt flagged in the interrupt status register, causing
>>> the IRQ handler to bail out early without reading the state when
>>> it is invoked directly from probe.
>>>
>>> Add a flag that overrides the interrupt status register and reads
>>> the state regardless during probe.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 06bc4ca115cd ("extcon: Add driver for TI TUSB320")
>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/extcon/extcon-usbc-tusb320.c | 5 ++++-
>>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon-usbc-tusb320.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon-usbc-tusb320.c
>>> index 6ba3d89b106d..bd3645ae0d52 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/extcon/extcon-usbc-tusb320.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon-usbc-tusb320.c
>>> @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct tusb320_priv {
>>>  	struct extcon_dev *edev;
>>>  	struct tusb320_ops *ops;
>>>  	enum tusb320_attached_state state;
>>> +	bool initialized;
>>>  };
>>>  
>>>  static const char * const tusb_attached_states[] = {
>>> @@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ static irqreturn_t tusb320_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
>>>  		return IRQ_NONE;
>>>  	}
>>>  
>>> -	if (!(reg & TUSB320_REG9_INTERRUPT_STATUS))
>>> +	if (priv->initialized && !(reg & TUSB320_REG9_INTERRUPT_STATUS))
>>>  		return IRQ_NONE;
> 
> Do not return early if priv->initialized is false. Behave as before if
> priv->initialized is true.
> 
>>>  
>>>  	state = (reg >> TUSB320_REG9_ATTACHED_STATE_SHIFT) &
>>> @@ -297,6 +298,8 @@ static int tusb320_extcon_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>>>  		 */
>>>  		tusb320_irq_handler(client->irq, priv);
>>>  
>>> +	priv->initialized = true;
>>> +
>>
>> After initializing as 'priv->initialized = true', 
>> tusb320_irq_handler() is not anymore detecting the external connector changes.
> 
> Have you tested the patch and observed the trouble you are reporting, or
> have you simply misread the patch?
> 
>>
>> If external connector is detached after finished kernel boot,
>> how to change the state of external connector by using extcon_set_state()?
>>
> 
> If you did test this and there actually is a problem, maybe there should be
> READ_ONCE in the irq handler when checking and WRITE_ONCE when assigning
> priv->initialized. But if that's really what's going on I'd be surprised
> when it's a variable that changes *once* before the interrupt has even
> been requested.
> 
> Cheers,
> Peter

Ping?

Cheers,
Peter