[PATCH] rtc: snvs: improve timeout handling in snvs_rtc_enable()

[akpm@linux-foundation.org (Andrew Morton)]

On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:10:08 +0200
Lothar Wa__mann <LW@karo-electronics.de> wrote:

> If snvs_rtc_enable() happens to be descheduled for a period longer
> than the timout period, a timeout may be indicated even if the RTC
> status has changed meanwhile. Force a status read at the end of the
> timeout period to prevent bogus timeout errors.

(delayed, sorry)

> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-snvs.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-snvs.c
> @@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ static void rtc_write_sync_lp(void __iomem *ioaddr)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static int snvs_rtc_enable_done(int enable, void __iomem *addr)
> +{
> +	u32 lpcr = readl(addr + SNVS_LPCR);
> +
> +	return !!enable ^ !(lpcr & SNVS_LPCR_SRTC_ENV);
> +}
> +
>  static int snvs_rtc_enable(struct snvs_rtc_data *data, bool enable)
>  {
>  	unsigned long timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(1);
> @@ -99,18 +106,15 @@ static int snvs_rtc_enable(struct snvs_rtc_data *data, bool enable)
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&data->lock, flags);
>  
>  	while (1) {
> -		lpcr = readl(data->ioaddr + SNVS_LPCR);
> +		if (snvs_rtc_enable_done(enable, data->ioaddr))
> +			break;
>  
> -		if (enable) {
> -			if (lpcr & SNVS_LPCR_SRTC_ENV)
> -				break;
> -		} else {
> -			if (!(lpcr & SNVS_LPCR_SRTC_ENV))
> +		if (time_after(jiffies, timeout)) {
> +			if (snvs_rtc_enable_done(enable, data->ioaddr))
>  				break;
> +			else
> +				return -ETIMEDOUT;
>  		}
> -
> -		if (time_after(jiffies, timeout))
> -			return -ETIMEDOUT;
>  	}
>  
>  	return 0;

I think this will have been addressed by
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/rtc-snvs-add-freescale-rtc-snvs-driver-fix.patch?