linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] i2c: spacemit: remove stop function to avoid bus error

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Message-ID: <aNWh_dfyfCsqZ8av@aurel32.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 22:11:41 +0200
From: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>
To: Troy Mitchell <troy.mitchell@...ux.spacemit.com>
Cc: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>, Yixun Lan <dlan@...too.org>,
	Alex Elder <elder@...cstar.com>,
	Troy Mitchell <troymitchell988@...il.com>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, spacemit@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] i2c: spacemit: remove stop function to avoid bus
 error

On 2025-09-25 10:02, Troy Mitchell wrote:
> Previously, STOP handling was split into two separate steps:
>   1) clear TB/STOP/START/ACK bits
>   2) issue STOP by calling spacemit_i2c_stop()
> 
> This left a small window where the control register was updated
> twice, which can confuse the controller. While this race has not
> been observed with interrupt-driven transfers, it reliably causes
> bus errors in PIO mode.
> 
> Inline the STOP sequence into the IRQ handler and ensure that
> control register bits are updated atomically in a single writel().
> 
> Fixes: 5ea558473fa31 ("i2c: spacemit: add support for SpacemiT K1 SoC")
> Signed-off-by: Troy Mitchell <troy.mitchell@...ux.spacemit.com>
> ---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-k1.c | 26 +++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>

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