linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] platform/chrome: cros_ec_uart: Add cros-ec-uart transport layer

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Date:   Thu, 1 Dec 2022 21:53:08 -0700
From:   Mark Hasemeyer <markhas@...omium.org>
To:     Prashant Malani <pmalani@...omium.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Raul Rangel <rrangel@...omium.org>,
        Bhanu Prakash Maiya <bhanumaiya@...omium.org>,
        Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org>,
        chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] platform/chrome: cros_ec_uart: Add cros-ec-uart
 transport layer

> +               /* Received bytes are more the allocated buffer*/
> +               ec_uart->response.error = -EMSGSIZE;
> +
> +               /* Wake the calling thread */
> +               wake_up_interruptible(&ec_uart->response.wait_queue);

I believe the "received" conditional variable should be set before calling
wake_up_interruptible. Otherwise the calling thread will not be (immediately)
awakened as the condition is still false. Currently, the calling thread will
wait until it times out in this case.