linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: virtio: Avoid hang by using interruptible completion wait

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Message-ID: <pvjv6gn6ylnpncdp5xdzt5wdnzc2tuuww3ihed46q76vm6qwly@7smel4x243a3>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:51:19 +0200
From: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
To: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc: "Chen, Jian Jun" <jian.jun.chen@...el.com>, 
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: virtio: Avoid hang by using interruptible
 completion wait

Hi Viresh,

On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 05:01:02PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> The current implementation uses wait_for_completion(), which can cause
> the caller to hang indefinitely if the transfer never completes.
> 
> Switch to wait_for_completion_interruptible() so that the operation can
> be interrupted by signals.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

Do we need the Fixes tag here?

Thanks,
Andi