From: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@kernel.org>
To: Robert Hancock <robert.hancock@calian.com>
Cc: Michal Simek <michal.simek@amd.com>,
Shubhrajyoti Datta <shubhraj@xilinx.com>,
Wolfram Sang <wsa@kernel.org>, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: xiic: Don't try to handle more interrupt events after error
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 21:24:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230606192453.zjzz4kt76kus5hr5@intel.intel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230606182558.1301413-1-robert.hancock@calian.com>
Hi Robert,
On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 12:25:58PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:
> In xiic_process, it is possible that error events such as arbitration
> lost or TX error can be raised in conjunction with other interrupt flags
> such as TX FIFO empty or bus not busy. Error events result in the
> controller being reset and the error returned to the calling request,
> but the function could potentially try to keep handling the other
> events, such as by writing more messages into the TX FIFO. Since the
> transaction has already failed, this is not helpful and will just cause
> issues.
what kind of issues?
> This problem has been present ever since:
>
> commit 7f9906bd7f72 ("i2c: xiic: Service all interrupts in isr")
>
> which allowed non-error events to be handled after errors, but became
> more obvious after:
>
> commit 743e227a8959 ("i2c: xiic: Defer xiic_wakeup() and
> __xiic_start_xfer() in xiic_process()")
>
> which reworked the code to add a WARN_ON which triggers if both the
> xfer_more and wakeup_req flags were set, since this combination is
> not supposed to happen, but was occurring in this scenario.
>
> Skip further interrupt handling after error flags are detected to avoid
> this problem.
>
> Fixes: 7f9906bd7f72 ("i2c: xiic: Service all interrupts in isr")
> Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <robert.hancock@calian.com>
please add:
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.3+
> ---
> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
> index 8a3d9817cb41..ee6edc963dea 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
> @@ -721,6 +721,8 @@ static irqreturn_t xiic_process(int irq, void *dev_id)
> wakeup_req = 1;
> wakeup_code = STATE_ERROR;
> }
> + /* don't try to handle other events */
> + goto out;
why don't we have goto's after every irq evaluation but only
here? Do the issues you mentioned happen olny in this particular
error case?
Thanks,
Andi
> }
> if (pend & XIIC_INTR_RX_FULL_MASK) {
> /* Receive register/FIFO is full */
> --
> 2.40.1
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-06 19:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-06 18:25 [PATCH] i2c: xiic: Don't try to handle more interrupt events after error Robert Hancock
2023-06-06 19:24 ` Andi Shyti [this message]
2023-06-06 19:40 ` Robert Hancock
2023-06-06 21:20 ` Andi Shyti
2023-06-09 15:32 ` wsa
2023-06-09 21:25 ` Andi Shyti
2023-06-27 16:13 ` Robert Hancock
2023-06-27 21:25 ` wsa
2023-07-06 19:33 ` Wolfram Sang
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