linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] firmware: arm_scmi: Clear stale xfer->hdr.status

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Date:   Thu, 22 Dec 2022 18:38:19 +0000
From:   Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     sudeep.holla@....com, cristian.marussi@....com
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] firmware: arm_scmi: Clear stale xfer->hdr.status

Stale error status reported from a previous message transaction must be
cleared before starting a new transaction to avoid being confusingly
reported in the following SCMI message dump traces.

Signed-off-by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>
---
 drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
index f818d00bb2c6..ffdad59ec81f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
@@ -910,6 +910,8 @@ static int do_xfer(const struct scmi_protocol_handle *ph,
 			      xfer->hdr.protocol_id, xfer->hdr.seq,
 			      xfer->hdr.poll_completion);
 
+	/* Clear any stale status */
+	xfer->hdr.status = SCMI_SUCCESS;
 	xfer->state = SCMI_XFER_SENT_OK;
 	/*
 	 * Even though spinlocking is not needed here since no race is possible
-- 
2.34.1