linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/2] usb: typec: tipd: fix event checking in interrupt service routines

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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:44:29 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco@...fvision.net>
Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
	Abdel Alkuor <abdelalkuor@...tab.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/2] usb: typec: tipd: fix event checking in
 interrupt service routines

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 05:25:20PM +0100, Javier Carrasco wrote:
> The ISRs of the tps25750 and tps6598x do not handle generated events
> properly under all circumstances.
> 
> The tps6598x ISR does not read all bits of the INT_EVENTX registers,
> leaving events signaled with bits above 64 unattended. Moreover, these
> events are not cleared, leaving the interrupt enabled.
> 
> The tps25750 reads all bits of the INT_EVENT1 register, but the event
> checking is not right because the same event is checked in two different
> regions of the same register by means of an OR operation.
> 
> This series aims to fix both issues by reading all bits of the
> INT_EVENTX registers, and limiting the event checking to the region
> where the supported events are defined (currently they are limited to
> the first 64 bits of the registers, as the are defined as BIT_ULL()).
> 
> If the need for events above the first 64 bits of the INT_EVENTX
> registers arises, a different mechanism might be required. But for the
> current needs, all definitions can be left as they are.
> 
> Note: resend to add 'stable' mailing list (fixes in the series).


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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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